Mean Machine

from Turing Cabaret by Guy XY

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MEAN MACHINE

I had some love affairs in my life,
but three of them I can't forget:
Three love affairs,
Three mean machines.

The first machine was enigmatic,
hiding the words,
sending secret messages
but not for me
(oh, not for me, oh no,
they were for the enemy)
I seduced it with procedures.
Slowly it unravelled,
and it spoke to me.

I fell in love with a mean machine,
followed the code of a mean machine.
I broke the code of a mean machine,
but now the mean machine is breaking me.

The second machine was almost human,
answering back,
A perfect imitation
for the friend I had
(that now is gone, ah gone,
he is so dead and gone)
I taught it to solve problems:
so many problems,
any problem but my own.

I fell in love with a mean machine...

The third machine was the state machine.
Oh, how it adored me,
declared me a hero,
but then it changed its mind
(oh how it changed its mind!)
Weird injections
are transforming me

I fell in love with a mean machine...

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from Turing Cabaret, released March 25, 2018

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