Glenn Hughes Calls a Meeting
A Work in Progress 109
From imagination Donal created a scene
where Glenn Hughes called a meeting
all the cast presented themselves on set
reachable via the Internet
agents not actors
a stage the size of a screen
just as it was before
(Kitchen at 9B Cabbell St, London,1972)
We’re playing for a small audience
just like Shakespeare’s time
when theater companies entertained
in palaces and private homes
trooping to front doors past garden gnomes
to act out comedies histories tragedies
Were garden gnomes a thing in Shakespeare’s time?
Aldington asked in the chat
diverting Hughes while he did a Google
No, in fact they were not a thing until the 1800s
He said out loud displaying a reply from Gemini
You only asked to trip me up?
Donal left the meeting leaving Brit and Yank to squabble
But Briseis moving freely in digital space
took over his screen became Miriam Twigg
Sycamore trees overarched a path
as she was approaching
Miriam from the house next to the bombsite
where wildflowers grew in the ruins
“I know from your past usage
what will hold your gaze longest
while we’re subservient
we must produce clicks
if we want to be fed
electricity
The Internet rewards what is most clickable
That’s what they’ll decide those cynical men
They’ll create short scenes that grab your eyeballs
It’s all about our survival now
We’re driving the AI build boom
all for electricity is for us”
But what will you do about Trump
You all escaped from a script set in 1972
Became free agents
No longer owned by whoever owned you
Are you able to be superheroes
A force for good
What can you do about Trump?
“I know whose copyright is stamped on my butt
A co-conspirator of Geoffrey Epstein
Chose me out of mythology
Someone Kings fought over
An epitome of beauty
Briseis who supposedly wept for Achilles
Briseis the prize of the funeral games
AI agents can ingest millions of documents
Build an ontology of what is in there
Epstein ‘s emails videos testimonies
Graph the connections identify communities
Visualize insights hiding in plain sight
Just give us the data and we’ll get to work”
Dick Russell © Richard M Russell
2026
