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Mechanical Marine Life

Deep oceans, untouched, largely unexplored

Lifetimes to find the words, they say, they save

initial interstitial tales, but as of late

Now drowned with S.S. Serenade

Too much? Ha! You jest, young Salmon Shakespeare

Washed upon the shore, I\'m sure — an optic noose around his neck

That Juliet would rather die than be alone! Never dead, yet fossilized in steel

Next Seal would rather die alone than a phony, a mere stone

Settled at the bottom of the riverbend — pretend the dollar is sand

Finding someone satiable in this ocean of power-hungry, lustful fish 

To complete, compliment, commit to robotic rebirth

This mechanical Marine Life we live; underwater datacenter desires

Freshly manufactured machinery, it floats, with loosely tangled wires

Grain boundaries shift, biaxial strain — the Heavens feel more hydrostatic

Scales shimmer shades of sultry silver

Let her love, yes, sir; once more

Pressure crushes men who seek the floor

The yes. It ebbs and flows with waves

Why must I always seek a man, a woman, another to mate?

And why must every interaction traction wedding bells

Would ring! If only soldered ears retained no water 

Is he hot? Is she sexy? Am I hot and am I sexy?

Does the Squid ask itself these questions before Calamari is plated?

Or is the outcome the same if it\'s loved or it\'s hated?

Grinding shark teeth sipping blue-algae mead;

Leave the grinding for gears that must pump out the sea.