Fringe

The fringes,
unwise,
unsafe,
small-minded and cruel,
proudly untrusting
of science, logic, and fact,
vengeful,
vindictive,
propelled
by fantasies of power,
eager to suppress
their suppressors
and call it freedom,
are centered at greatest peril.

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A version of this poem first appeared on Bluesky. Whispered into the acoustic sensors of the sleeping dreaming android, it prompted the electric sheep to generate one more tomorrow…

The AI rendered this image as a figure with black wings, red eyes, and pointed ears, wearing ceremonial robes and clasping gloved hands in front of their face.