Pause For Poetry:
Michael Hawkes /29
Alexa Googles the Answering Machine
A poem by Michael Hawkes
If there is something you really should know,
ask the Answering Machine.
When awoken, turned on and rearing to go,
there’s no mistake it can’t redeem,
no honest truth it won’t bestow.
You’ll be wiser than you’ve ever been,
at least until the fuses blow.
I should add, from what I’ve seen,
you’re fore-warned by an eerie glow,
alarmingly red or a bilious green,
that tells one to screen the need to know.
Because what could I say if you said you had seen
Alexa, the big-headed quiz master queen,
Googling’n dialling a ‘knowing’ machine,
on top of a tired “I told you so”??
07/06/21 – Hawkes
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Michael Hawkes was a cherished poet and contributor whose work enriched the pages of WestmountMag.ca with its sensitivity and depth. Over the years, he entrusted us with a rich body of poems, of which only a portion has yet been published. His passing leaves a profound void, but the poems still to come will continue inspire all who were moved by his voice.
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