Saturday, 11 February 2017

Human-Algorithm Interface Dynamics (blank verse)

“Neither shall one thrust another; 
they shall walk everyone in his path” – Joel 2:8

Perspiration soaks x exosoldiers.
Override Staff Sergeant Matthew Carson.
Crickets. They were selling those at market.
Left shift. Carson-piercing round fwips past, thwockcks
into a trunk. Restoring manned control.
Staff Sergeant Carson, forward crouch! 2…3….4…
Override Staff Sergeant Matthew Carson:
Halt 3 seconds. Bullet! Bullet… In near
sky above the greenhouse canopy a drone hums
handling infrared & bullet-tracking streams.
Restore full manua- – Override. Shift right.
Restoring manned control. Mosquito smashed.
Staff Sergeant Carson, forward crouch! Can't...scratch...itch...
Rally point configuration Delta.
Override Staff Sergeant Matthew Carson.
Squad assumes configuration, rallies
soaked in steaming bush like laundry left out
in a monsoon. General Algorithm
Protocol: three-squad array alignment.
Squads! B! C! Override. Align with A Group.