I AM NOT A ROBOT - poem

 

I AM NOT A ROBOT

As my eyesight fades
it becomes harder to tell
Which photos are streetlights.

Perhaps that is a blurry car
In the Captcha's distance
Or maybe just a shadow.

Like the big one that has
Reduced us to proving
Our 'humanity' this way.

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