Algorithmic

Be careful what you wish for, fish 
for, piss for, swill for, distill for, quill for, 
drill for, till for; beware what hails you, 
nails you, sells you promise of hands-
free, stress-free, debt-free. When 
the machine is given a sequence 
of instructions, it spits out what
you think a prodigy might produce—
The wind-up automaton, jointed,
eerie eye-socketed; clicks and whirs,
its teeth of gears. Keep your marvel 
in check; your shopping or reading 
choices. Whose authority is the hand 
that types in the key, displacing
accountability? The machine 
knows precision, not context or 
nuance. It doesn't understand people
needing to use the toilet, only that breaks
in a chain of events are inefficienct,
and so must be terminated.