rogerinblueongray

rogerinblueongray

Jan 15, 2025

Alexa - a new poem - revised

 ALEXA

Alexa, what time is it

5:05 am

To early to get up―impossible to sleep

I turn on a TV

The News, Create, Roadkill, Turner

I can’t always tell programs from commercials

 

Alexa, what time is it

9:05 am

I missed Bob Ross

No painting today

 

Alexa turn on the bedroom light

Out of bed

I brush and pee

Check my weight

 

Alexa is playing the radio in the kitchen

Alexa turn off the radio

I turn the lights on and the TV

Check the refrigerator

I get coffee and leave the lights on

 

In my office, I turn on my computer

Alexa, play some music for me

Work eludes me

I play today’s NY Times Games

My e-mails can wait

Restless

I roam from room to room

 

Alexa follows me

Playing different music in each room

The house is empty

In quiet, there is no peace, no solitude

Only loneliness

Alexa play something for me

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