One
in a school,
in a flock,
in a herd,
declares itself
superior,
a hunter,
a predator,
a cannibal,
entitled,
overconfident,
drunk on power,
fat and lazy,
until
the school rebels,
the flock swarms,
the herd stampedes,
the predator falls.
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Poems to Save the World
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…
