Words to Prove I'm Human

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.

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Published on February 19, 2011 18:51
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