April 13, 2009

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

I'd like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.

I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.

Richard Brautigan
, 1950

2 comments:

  1. God yes! I love Richard Brautigan. I don't remember that one. Fucking brilliant!

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  2. i know man- Jonathan and I were emailing, and he sent me Ed Sanders and his 'fingersynths'( which i will post soon), which was the inspiration for going back to Brautigan. I had forgotten about this one too.

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