after alan turing
the future
committed suicide by
injecting poison in
to organic matter and
taking a bite of
the result:
0101010101teethtear010101
01through0101peelswith010
ease101010therestof0101010
10101010101thebody01010
101does01010not10101take0
peels01010soeasily10101010
some people
do not like change.
some people take change
by the balls and shock it
where its blood flows
at the sight of other
deplorables. other changes. other
0101010101010101010101010
1010101010101010101010101
0101010101gods01010101010
1010101010101010101010101
in01010101human0101010flesh
10101010101010101010101010
some people did not like you.
i do.
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Eric Cline is a Pushcart Prize nominee, weekly columnist for Five 2 One Magazine, and the founding Editor-in-Chief of Calamus Journal. His debut poetry chapbook, his strange boy eve, was published by Yellow Chair Press in September 2016. Twitter: @ericclinepoet
Photo Illustration by Nadine Kelly
Tuesday, December 6th 2016