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  1.                                  THE WATCHDOGS
  2.  
  3.                                        by
  4.                                  Rainbow T'Pyr
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  7.                     the computer didn't know any better,
  8.                     it was just following instructions.
  9.                     lights on, lights off to keep the burglars away.
  10.                     television on twice a day, never the same pattern,
  11.                     to make the house look lived in.
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  13.                     of course, the other computer
  14.                     didn't know any better, either.
  15.                     it held instructions to transform
  16.                     solar rays into the power for all its hookups.
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  18.                     likewise, the television broadcast computer
  19.                     didn't know any better
  20.                     than to replay the same 24-hour loop
  21.                     and all the small computers tuned in...
  22.                     randomly.
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  24.                     everything had to look lived in.
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  26.                     computers and machines in
  27.                     many houses made a whole world
  28.                     turn on and turn off
  29.                     in random order
  30.                     faithful to their vacationing masters
  31.                     long ago annihilated.
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  33.                     the last computer blinked in affirmation
  34.                     as the cosmic ambassador transmitted a report:
  35.                     STATUS: SOL III -- UNINHABITED.
  36.                     then the cosmic visitor sighed aloud,
  37.                     "Funny, it looked so lived in."
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