Richard Brautigan
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greatpoetry"All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace"
I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
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Date: 2004-08-09 06:40 pm (UTC)a sort of eery garden of eden; lion, lamb, and netscape
i saw Machines of Loving Grace in concert, though. it was a good night.
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Date: 2004-08-09 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-09 07:02 pm (UTC)creeped out in a good way. in an intrigueing way.
heh, it'd take a lot more than that. maybe tractor tire flower beds, or mullets, or even fanny packs.
i guess it's the risk the writer takes in letting his poem's interpretation shapeshift from reader to reader.
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