WordS TO prOve I'm human. A Poem.
"Copy the letters in the box below"
The computer says.
"So we know you're human."
Fizemslep.
It takes some time
To prove I am
In this way.
Squinting at the curvy text,
Smudged and double-struck
As a type-set seizure
I mistake an "m" for two "r" s coupling and must begin again
A machine has chosen this cipher
And from no human tongue.
FisulAnt. CereThona. BAnkebeer.
Perhaps they are speaking to someone else.
I peck at keys until finally
agoUtflin is accepted.
I have spoken the language,
and learned to be human.
But I still don't know what it means.
Published on February 19, 2011 18:51