Interregnum

The Times said
Democracy died in darkness.
The Post said
Democracy died in dumbness.
Either way,
the new kingdom mourns
and awaits
the accession
of Democracy II.

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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…

© 2025 Greg R. Fishbone, generated by Niji as a derivative work of the poem, "Interregnum" by Greg R. Fishbone