Human(oid) Robots

They tried, wired, and rewired—
To build a humanoid robot:
Defining tasks, programming actions,
Teaching different languages and navigations.
Measuring its learning:
Rate of memory absorption,
Speed of computing,
Hours of productivity,
Time for recharging.

Until they realized,
They could make robots of humans.
If one human can turn a cog of a wheel,
100 humans can turn a wheel,
1 million humans can speed up the Earth’s rotation,
100 million humans can accelerate the Earth’s revolution!

So they lure us:
20 years of learning,
40 years of producing,
Rewarding us with scores and crores—
These carrots dangle before our eyes,
Ensuring our wilful surrender.
Collective human robots,
With a common goal,
Of dying within – for physical existence
To create an Earth that is unlike Earth!
Also published at: https://iselemagazine.com/2023/08/30/two-poems-savitha/

Good or Bad?

I swatted a bloodthirsty mosquito;

She tumbled down into a spiders web,

The spider, who was awaiting her breakfast

Quickly wrapped her silky thread around the accidental mosquito-

With her dexter acrobatics:

Using her eight limbs and single dot of mouth,

And devoured the sullen prey

Enjoying her moment.

Now, is this spider who got an accidental breakfast my pet?

Was the spider having a good day,

Or the mosquito having a bad day?