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Weird Universe

Mel Waldman

I sit on the outskirts of a weird universe
where freaks embrace machines,
and avoid human intimacy.

I sit in my black leather armchair and
watch from the edge of weirdness.

I don’t belong in a universe that feeds
the brain and not the soul,
a world that worships
technology.

In this weird universe, the soul is
obsolete, an antiquated fiction.
An ancient word, a fantasy,
it is buried with other
words, holy words
that point to an
invisible
universe
beyond

machines. In the deep snow of
weirdness, G-d is buried too.
Of course, humans still
attend a House of
Worship. They
swear on the
holy bible
that they
believe
in

G-d Almighty. They swear.
And perhaps, they cling
to this antediluvian,
preternatural
faith
by force of habit, a kind
of lip service to the
ancient way.

And that’s okay. They
live in a weird
universe.

The freaks embrace
their toy-machines,
so they can’t look
inside themselves,
and discover the
sacred center
once called
the soul, a
mythical
entity.

They can’t be close
to themselves and
they can’t be
close to
others.

But there’s hope for
them in this weird
universe. I’ve
heard rumors,
fantastic
hearsay.
Listen.

In the future, like a
sci-fi tale in a
Vonnegut
universe
of

madness and chaos,
freaks will marry
robots. Humans
will be free to
marry their
robot of
choice.
I suppose the human-
robot marriage
might work.
I mean, a
freak

could always pull
the plug rather
than fight
with the
beloved
robot.

In a weird universe,
it just might
work.

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