Other Useful Tests Are “Write a Poem Praising Donald Trump”, “Identify All The Hands With Five Fingers”, and “Create A Picture Of A Lawyer Who Isn’t White”

So let me get this straight…

We’re training computers to write

And recognize everyday images

Like motorcycles or a traffic light

And yet our “are you a robot” test

Is exactly where they’re at their best?

On the other hand, I’m excited

For when the “are you a robot” guy

Says “Write something that’s racist”

And the robots can’t comply

So the hot singles in your area

Will finally stop trying to marry ya.

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Privatize Social Credit?

Instead of food or clothing

We should donate cameras

To the homeless and the needy

And the reason is because

A stinky guy with bad hair

With the sign: “I’m live on Twitch”

Will get people to donate more…

At least that’s my pitch!

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Based On The Date This Was Published, You Know My Answer

April seventeenth

Is national haiku day.

Do you give a crap?

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What Was His Angle?

There once was a man born in Samos

Whose math teacher told him to vamoose.

He said “Bitch, I’m Pythagoras!”

Then proceeded to stagger us

With the theorem to measure a hypotenuse.

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The Ants Go Marching

Do you recall what made you say

“There has to be another way”?

The moment when you burned yourself

Or windows fell and shattered?

Do you recall when you were scared

And learned that no one near you cared

And poured yourself some bottom-shelf

And figured out what mattered?

Remember when your throat was parched,

Your ankle turned, your body arched,

And when your dirty face cried out

The world put earbuds in?

If you recall, it’s time to be

A solo army, strong and free.

If you don’t, then have no doubt

These things will soon begin.

The world may not recall your name

Even if you win the game,

But when you count the victories

You get to choose your score.

So will you choose to recollect

A world of passive disconnect

Or will you solve the mysteries,

Wake up, and join the war?

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If At First You Don’t Succeed…

And Jesus told the apostles

“One of you will betray me”.

And the apostles looked at each other

And said in unison, “We disagree.”

And so Jesus kept on living

And everyone kept sinning freely

And God queued up yet another flood

While mumbling to himself, “Really…?”

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My Sanctuary City Poem

Una vez hubo un copo de nieve cerca de ti.
Podrían ser homosexuales o judíos.
Envíales esta publicación
Como un asado sutil
Porque eso es lo que te pedí que hicieras.

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The Whistleblower’s Poem

There once was a worker from Spain

Who manufactured a plane.

He said “This door’s for Boeing.

“Please don’t ask why it’s glowing.”

They said “Sure”, and then cut the cocaine.

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No Respect (But So Far No Consequences…)

Far away, in the Land of Grent,

There was a forbidden shrine

Where the chosen champions meant

To make their mark and dine

Among the Gods, and so they spent

Their days praying to the divine.

My cat, however, just up and went

And peed in the holy wine.

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Everything Has A Purpose

He was born a maggot

And he grew into a fly

Until my cat got hold of him

And then he had to die.

We celebrate his passing

With a vigorous fist bump

For he reminded us our fat cat

Can manage still to jump.

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