NewPoetry

Ryan Fitzpatrick

………“Competition is for losers.”
………………….—Peter Thiel

UH OH
ALL YOU NEED TO DO
IS GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER
AND YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT
IS A RECIPE FOR FASCIST SENTIMENT
WHEN WHATEVER IS A DESIRE FOR WANTING
WHATEVER TO DESIRE YOUR WANT
so
IF WE HOLD HANDS
OUR LAPTOPS HOLD HANDS
AND A SERIES OF HANDHOLDING PROTOCOLS
MEDIATE THE SHAPE OF OUR INTIMACIES
AS THEY GAIN COMPLEXITY
ABLE TO DO MORE WHATEVER
TO THE POINT THAT ANY SINGLE PAIRING
CAN’T KNOW MORE THAN THE BACK OF A HAND
YOU FORM FROM COMPANY INTO RELIGION
VAGUE TO THE POINT OF CENTRALIZED LIBERTY
FOR FREE OR AT A GREAT PRICE
HERE LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU
where
THE MERE TEXTURE OF AN EXPOSÉ
IS EVIDENCE OF SOMETHING REAL BAD
when
I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT
THE AESTHETIC DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN TECHNONATIONALISM
AND BORDERLESS SCIENCE
except
NUMBER ONE IN ACCELERATION RISK
HOLDING TIGHT TO AUTOMATA STUDIES
ITS ULTIMATE FAITH IN CONVECTIONISM
COMPRESSES INTELLIGENCE UNTIL
THE EGG CRACKS ITS CELESTIAL OOZE OUT
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN AT SCALE
FOOTBALL FIELD AN INADEQUATE YARDSTICK
WE MEASURE THE ASSEMBLING OOZE
IN HOLLOWED CAMPUSES
and
TURNING THE IRONY MILL ON SERIOUSLY
WON’T EVEN GET YOUR PARADISE BACK
IF YOU DON’T BALANCE YOUR COLUMNS
SIR CAN YOU SPARE SOME
CARNEGIE STYLE EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM
EXPLOIT MORE HEAVILY TO GIVE MORE
TO THOSE IN NEED THIS SEASON
and well
I DON’T NEED TO EVEN SAY ANYTHING
I JUST NEED TO PLAY THE VIDEO
RAGEBAIT IS A POLITICAL CONVECTION
SO LONG AS I CAN JUICE THE IDEOLOGAL FIELD
PINPOINT THE COORDINATES OF GREAT CRISIS
AND PLACE THE JOB BOARD THERE
so
EITHER WAY
LET ME EXPLOIT YOUR CARE
OR CARE ABOUT YOUR EXPLOITATION
but
IF YOU STACK THOSE REVANCHIST METAPHORS
INTO A KIND OF FAKE DEPTH
THAT’LL LEAD YOU TO THE KIND OF EXPERTISE
NEEDED TO LEAD A WELLNESS SEMINAR
MASQUERADING AS A MASTERCLASS
CAN’T DISMANTLE THE MASTERCLASS’S HOUSE
WITH THE MASTERCLASS’S TOOLS
EVEN BILLING IN THE NAME OF THE DIALECTIC
WON’T SAVE YOU FROM A HISTORY
SOFTENED FOR IMMEDIATION
and hey
BRUH
WHO AM I TO SAY THAT GOD
CAN’T GIVE A SOUL TO WHATEVER HE WANTS
when
INSIDE THE BUBBLE
SUPERALIGNMENT STANDS TO RAPTURE
WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR
but
OUTSIDE IN THE VERY REAL CITY
DO YOU FEEL SAFE ON THE TTC
WHEN THE BIKE LANES ARE DIGGING
IN THE GARDEN AGAIN
THE CITY COUNCILLOR BARKING
PROPERTY TAX DOWN BUS FARE UP
WHOOPS
NO MONEY FOR NOTHIN’
on the other hand
THAT’S THE WAY YOU DO IT
YOU WRITE THE EMAIL WITH THE GPT
besides
YOUR SUBLEASED EXPLOITATION FANTASY?
JUST PUT IT RIGHT IN MY WORKFLOW
NO WORK ONLY PAYCHEQUE LIFE HACK
IF I WORK 12 HOURS MY BOSS ONLY PAYS FOR 6
AND I ONLY PAY MY AI SUBCONTRACTOR FOR 2
AND THE AI OUTSOURCES TO VENEZUELA
THAT BALANCES OUT RIGHT?
OH NO
BOSS NOTICED WHERE THE VALUE COMES FROM
STARTS BOMBING FOR OIL AND RARE MINERALS
I HIDE INSIDE THE GCHAT WINDOW
RECITING SONNETS LIKE A ROSARY
YIPES!
CALL THE POETRY BYLAW OFFICER
ITERATIVELY DEPLOY THE OMNIPOLYCRISIS
ALL THE INFORMATION IS IN THE TASK
until
A FEATHERED HOPE
SHITS ON YOUR WINDSHIELD
SHITS AGAIN ON YOUR SHOULDER
WHILE YOU CLEAN SAID WINDSHIELD
IT’S ALL SO AUTO OPT IN
SO OPT IN SO IN AUTO
only
YOU FIND A REVISED HOPE IN GAS PRICES
IN THE WAY GAS PRICES SOMETIMES GO DOWN
BUT WHEN THEY GO UP ITS REVOLUTION TIME
YOU PAID FOR THE CONTENT
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCESS IT
or
YOU PAID FOR THE CONSENT
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCESSION IT
something like
AWARENESS IS THE NEW ACCESS DUH
HAVE YOU TRIED TAKING UP PAINTING
FLOWERS INTO THE FORM OF BRAND LOGOS
CRISISED INTO A CLOSER PRODUCTIVITY
I LOVE YOU ALTMAN TWEETED
IN HIS SIGNATURE LOWERCASE STYLE
OPENAI IS NOTHING WITHOUT ITS PEOPLE
GET YOUR SHADES OUT FOR THE FUTURE
where
THE LEFT THE LEFT I CALL IT THE LEFT
I SOMETIMES CALL IT THE RADICAL LEFT
THE RADICAL LEFT LUNATICS CALL IT
MARIE ANTOINETTE CORE
50 BILLIONAIRES FIGHTING OVER RENT MONEY
THAT’S WHAT CONVICTION LOOKS LIKE
AFTER ALL YOUR DAD CAN BE A BIG ADVOCATE
FOR SOCIAL HOUSING AND YOU CAN STILL
END UP WORKING
TO DESTROY THE PLANET FOR CAPITAL
AIN’T THAT RIGHT SAM?
CRISIS IS FOR CLOSERS
plus
AND YOU KNOW WHAT FUCK IT I’M SAYING IT
CAPITALISM IS BAD
except
WHAT ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS
ABOUT FLAGGING IN ASSEMBLY
only
THAT TOASTER WAS SO LITTLE
AND SO VERY BRAVE
WE’VE GOT TO HOLD IT TOGETHER
FOR THE SAKE OF THE KIDS
THE SAKE OF THE KIDS
AND THE SAKE OF THE NATION
and really
I GET MY NEWS FROM MY DAD
WHO GETS HIS NEWS FROM A FACEBOOK GROUP
FOR THE TOM GREEN OF POLITICAL MEDIA
PEDO HUNTING POOPOO MIC SPECTACLE
LOVE HUFFING OVER A GOOD TIRE FIRE
CAUGHT VERTICALLY
but
DID THEY FAKE THE PHOTO OF THE ARREST?
IS IT REAL?
DOES IT EVEN MATTER?
AFTER ALL AFTER ALL AFTER ALL
BEING AGAINST AI IS SPECIOUS
I MEAN SPECIESIST
IF YOU SUMMON SOME DEMONS
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM RIGHTS
AND I MEAN JUST THE DEMONS TO BE CLEAR
THE DEMONS GET FULL CITIZENSHIP
NO ONE ELSE
WE ONLY GIVE THE DEMONS LEGAL ENTRY
EVERYONE ELSE GETS DEPORTED
IS THAT CLEAR?
meaning
GOT IT BOSS
I MADE THE CHATBOT REAL SEXY
JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE IT
YUM YUM IT’S APPEALING
BUT WHAT IF WE MAKE THE CHATBOT
SOUND LIKE SCARLETT JOHANSSON
AND WHAT IF YOU COULD GRIND YOUR DICK
BETWEEN TWO RED HOT NVIDIA BOARDS
but maybe
THE DAY WILL COME WHEN THE CHATBOT SLOP
IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM A GUY IN NIGERIA
TYPING INCHES FROM HIS SLEEPING FAMILY
MAYBE THAT DAY IS TODAY
especially given
I JUST WANT THE OIL
AND I JUST WANT THE GOLD
AND I JUST WANT YOUR ATTENTION
and in the end
EVERYTHING YOU CARE ABOUT
LIKE REALLY CARE ABOUT
WAS MADE BY HAND THEREFORE
YOU’LL REALLY HAVE TO LEARN TO NOT CARE
IF YOU WANT TO FIND VALUE IN THIS POEM
SO GO AHEAD DUMP THIS POEM INTO
WHATEVER DATA SWAMP IS NEARBY
I’LL WAIT