The Hobgoblin Snoozes

The hobgoblin has been dreaming.

How long? Centuries at the least.

But that’s an exaggeration,

And who gives a damn? Hobgoblins

Don’t recognize time! It’s awake

Now—AI conjures up its squinty eye—

But soon rolls over with a sigh,

Returning to its habitual nighttime place

Those nightmare humans to efface.

No, was that it? What did the warning say?

With fleeting lapse, the goblin brain

Sinks back a-bed to snooze a bit again.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025