Change – A poem

written by ChatGPT

It’s not so much whether the poem is “good poetry” that interests me (I am sure I wouldn’t know how to judge) and more about what themes and topics the algorithm associates with change at this point that catches my attention – poem under the cut.

I was curious about how the response would differ if I requested ChatGPT write a song – so I did. The result has been added under the poem.

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myrmidon

noun – oxford languages – a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly.

capitalized – merriam-webster – a member of a legendary Thessalian people who accompanied their king Achilles in the Trojan War.
: a loyal follower;
especially, a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously.

Charles Bukowski

from my bed
I watch
3 birds
on a telephone   
wire.

one flies
off.
then 
another.

one is left,
then
it too
is gone.

my typewriter is
tombstone
still.

and I am
reduced to bird
watching.

just thought I’d
let you
know,
fucker.

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Richard Feynman

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.