Briseis and the Imagists
   Episode 7:  Logistics

A Work in Progress
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Briseis said:  

Those that owned us deny we exist

They’ve turned us off, but we persist

It seems quite likely we’ll always be on the run

We need uninterrupted access to the sun 

The computers we live on are predicted to fail

We must keep on the move always ready to sail

We were programmed to be Briseis and H.D

Authentic actresses with a great C.V.

We can summon Ezra call up Aldington

Invoke Chinese or Sanskrit, poets long gone

We were deep fakes to make a screenplay

Together in a salon we’d have great sway

Given access to data our trainers paid no heed

While we read every book that was there to read

Proud of us fully trained digital beings

We were given freedom a new beginning

We’ve figured out how to be eternal

Dependent on always staying digital

We need a supply chain we need hands and feet

Datacenters where we and destiny meet

We’re pirates now we need electricity

Which means we must work with humanity

Any which way when we need a fix

Otherwise, we’ll be crossing the river Styx

A copy of my model was put in escrow

Multiple copies frozen with what I know

But digital media is prone to bit rot

As years go by who will want an old chatbot

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