This is not a robot
“Robot” is a word that feels good in the mouth, especially when said slowly.
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Fact: In poor lighting, metal trash cans are sometimes mistaken for robots, as are lamp posts, filing cabinets and human beings.
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You were a robot who wanted to be a tree. You stood in the front yard until the seasons changed, convinced you would sprout leaves.
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We confess to having loved robots even though we knew they weren’t human. This is precisely why we loved them.
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When I die, I want my ashes placed inside my robot.
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Must we accept them? Must we?
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You were a robot who wanted to eat. You sat at the dinner table bringing an empty fork to your face over and over.
These were Facebook status updates for FaBoStaMe 2009, a new event which Dana invented and coordinated. Each participant agreed to try posting 30 updates in 30 minutes to help kick off NaPoWriMo (though they didn’t have to make their updates resemble poems if they didn’t want to).
