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THE WATCHDOGS
by
Rainbow T'Pyr
the computer didn't know any better,
it was just following instructions.
lights on, lights off to keep the burglars away.
television on twice a day, never the same pattern,
to make the house look lived in.
of course, the other computer
didn't know any better, either.
it held instructions to transform
solar rays into the power for all its hookups.
likewise, the television broadcast computer
didn't know any better
than to replay the same 24-hour loop
and all the small computers tuned in...
randomly.
everything had to look lived in.
computers and machines in
many houses made a whole world
turn on and turn off
in random order
faithful to their vacationing masters
long ago annihilated.
the last computer blinked in affirmation
as the cosmic ambassador transmitted a report:
STATUS: SOL III -- UNINHABITED.
then the cosmic visitor sighed aloud,
"Funny, it looked so lived in."
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