“… man is a machine. The human body is a watch, a large watch constructed with such skill and ingenuity. To be a machine, to feel, to think…”
-la mettrie

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I.
It seems
I’m lacking a hundred dozen parts
so send me back to the factory
for I guess I’m a defective unit:
so I need to be recalled,
I need to be fixed;
I need to be replaced.
Go ahead and fix me.

II.
You.
Send me back to the factory:
I’m lacking a hundred thousand parts
in the brain. Yes, I wrote poems to
compensate, but I am defective
n o n e t h e l e s s
so
send me back to his factory:
send me back to be recalled;
send me back to be replaced-
send me back, quickly, send me back
hurry up, don’t waste my time.

III.
you
send me back to the factory:
’m mssng a hndred thosand parts
n the bran. wrote poems to compensate, bt am defectve
n o n e t h e l e s s so
send me back to hs factory
send me back to be recalled
send me back to be replaced
send me back, qckly, send me bac
snd m bck now
send me back in time
please
send me back
send me-