Artificial Shakespeare

a villanelle for the future

By Natasha CollazoPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read

Nothing is real and yet everything is real.

My oxygen is curated from galactic steel.

Living in an ancient intelligent world.

My fingers are crackling, bone or plastic,

synthetic dopamine, or chemical reaction,

nothing is real and yet everything is real.

Holographic memories flip of my ancestors

bleeding knees, from scraping alongside wild;

Living in an ancient intelligent world.

Making love last longer than ever before.

I can archive your thoughts and do much more.

Nothing is real and yet everything is real.

Take me back to scripture and song,

when fixing the hiccups gave room to go wrong.

Living in an ancient intelligent world.

Nature soon “extinct to coexist”

leaving behind a counterfeit abyss.

Nothing is real and yet everything is real.

Living in an ancient intelligent world.

Selected Writer in Residency, Champagne France ---2026

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