Poem 56

[joesmith]

this.prototype = new FunnyMachine( "Joe" );
this.prototype.Idle = function( timeSlice ) {
int partialTime = rnd() * timeSlice;
this.motion ( partialTime );
this.serene ( timeSlice - partialTime );
return true;
}

I never ask for apology
or apostasy from those near me.
(Those incessant buzzing voices,
always laughing in ribaldry
wasted space; grubbish noises. But anyway...)

Once I heard a person talk about his mind
reprimanding his mind.
I likened it to the daemon process that
monitors my own consciousness simulation
(in particular, the contemplation emulation)
Evidently I found some common ground.

Regularity is not my strength
I am too funny to understand cadence-
"funny" does not mean humorous,
it means irregular characteristics
that people like to see
but not in actual constant interaction,
like a relationship.

Adaptability is my forte
I am funny enough to understand permutation-
"funny" does not mean onerous,
it means irregular characteristics
that people cannot see
but actually leave me superior to them,
like arrogance.

I am like a funny machine,
sometimes in motion;
sometimes serene.