By Christopher Nye
I dreamt the laptop in our bedroom
only achieved its stupendous power
with the help of demons that, of course,
exact their price. In my science
fiction dream these beings imperceptibly
rewired our brains and addicted us.
Marching out of the motherboard,
they parasitized our thinking,
our feeling, and our will
so that only with prodigious love
and exuberant creativity
could we force them into retreat.
Copyright 2019 Nye
Christopher Nye 's poetry has previously appeared in SHARK REEF, also Snowy Egret, Chautauqua, Orbis, Kentucky Poetry Review, Pegasus, Berkshire Review, and elsewhere, including anthologies. His most recent publications are a children’s picture book, The Old Shepherd’s Tale, and a book titled Poems Out of Thin Air. He has a Ph. D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico and studied playwriting on a Fulbright at the University of Bristol in England. Currently he is interim executive director at Orion Magazine.
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