I’m really grateful for your enthusiastic response, thank you so much! This poem was inspired late one night when I was trying to imagine the perspective of the bots and all we hoist onto them of human emotions: expectation, hope, shame, etc...

I certainly hope other readers enjoy it as much as you did, especially Terry 🤓 I love what you say about it having entertaining face value & more, upon rereading.

This reminds me of a beloved quote by Oscar Wilde: ‘All art is, at once, surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril.’

Thanks, again, for your close, generous attention 🙏🏼