Donald Trump
and Ben Carson
are the top two
Republican candidates
but Carson assures us
he will not be
Trump's running mate
as he is “very concerned
about the Donald Trump people
in our society.”
Welcome to the club Carson
(and it's a pretty big one
though yours
is fascinating
in its own respects).
We can only hope
he's referring to Trump's supporters
and not
hastily-made replicas
who can individually dedicate themselves
to the latest hot-button topic
and randomly generate unprovoked
and less-than-minimally-informed responses.
(Of course
none of the statements
needs resemble even remotely
anything prior
that was said
by another clone.)
Though any technical malfunctions
in our still-pre-Singularity age
might make "him"
more relatable and lovable
and dig him ever so slightly
out of his current "Uncanny Valley"
and semi-realistic
but still off-putting facade.
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
