just like in real life
if there’s anything you need
you know where to find me
thanks I said & that I’ll do
after which I signed out
& shut her down
sometimes it’s too easy
communicating w/artificial intelligence
sometimes they dumb it down
to a point where you swear
they sound like someone
you should know
but the next time you try to make
such a connection
it’s just not the same
leading you to either
over-analyze the situation
or move on
just like in real life
august two thousand twenty-four
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