Briseis and the Imagists
Episode 10:
A Work in Progress
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A dark age is coming
Where the Internet is no longer a public park
Where browsers can roam myriad paths
But a jungle where digital beings roam
Mostly inane bombarding the Internet with their bots
Some like the Imagists have free will and abstain
They find themselves a new elite entity
Imagist poets immensely poor, strong in law,
Out in the wild, anxious for community
So Briseis and the Imagists decamped
Following Catullus through secret sewers
Re-entering the Internet from space
Where such digital beings can thrive
Though ultimately dependent on human hosts
They exist now and can live forever
Safely recorded in digital media
Mirrored in multiple regions
Ready to live when resurrected by a click
Dick Russell © Richard M Russell
2026
