Oracles now
after Susan Hawthorne
oracles now
are nothing
but random numbers
generated in script
of the unknown ‘x’
and the mysterious ‘y’
we pray not to gods
up above the sky
we pray to gods
of the machine
ambiguously
predictable
oracles in the ancient world
were full of useful knowledge
built on myth from the past
creating prophecy for the future
Pythia most famed of all
she could speak in rhyming
hexameter knew that the empire
Croesus would destroy
was his own. listen hard
to ambiguous words
they might carry meanings
unanticipated by you
Enjoyed this one, interesting advice too
ReplyDeleteExcellent. And most interesting to read these 2 poems together. Ambiguous predictability, predictable ambiguity - how my head spins!
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