25. Poetry by Robin Rose Graves
Robot & other poems
Robot
Forever Idle
At last battery bleeds dry
Empty Metal Shell
A. I.
Delete Memories
Delete core program functions
Until nothing left
Android
Dismantled in parts
One by one pawned for tokens
Nothing left to spend
Cyborg
Treated like metal
Despite my humanoid face
My heart beats and bleeds
Frankenstein
These are not my hands
Not my lips which you last kissed
New eyes view old friends
Zombie
Consumed by hunger
He eats without discretion
Feasting on friend’s flesh
Robin Rose Graves
Robin Rose Graves is a science fiction writer and poet. Previous works of hers have appeared in Dark Matter Magazine, Star*Line and Simultaneous Times Podcast. She is an editor at Android Press and a frequent contributor to the Galactic Journey. She runs the science fiction BookTube channel, The Book Wormhole.