𝕊𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔻𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪 The hood breeds Young, metallic men Of cold, adamantium flesh— Byproducts Of Weapon Generation X Or is it Weapon Malcolm X? Bureaucrats could care less: 𝕎𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤! Black War Machines— More James Rhodes— More troubled adolescents Locked in beast mode— Programmed by subconscious cheat codes— Pavlovian almost. More black Cyborgs— More Victor Stones— More soulless automatons Bred to be alone. More metallic clones— 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖! 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖! Everything tainted by a Red-tinted HUD— Lives viewed through The lens of a Terminator. 𝕋𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝔸𝕔𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕! 𝕊𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪! ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠, 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕! ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠, 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪! 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖! 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖! 𝕊𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪! Seek and destroy Until they implode And activate their fail-safe Self-destruct codes. Bureaucrats sitting comfortably In their offices Never thought that These robots Would become I, Robots. ℕ𝕠 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕠𝕡𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪, They would say. Bureaucrats sitting comfortably In their offices Never thought that Their positronic brains Would go insane And their machine minds Would change. ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕒𝕔𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕! 𝕊𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪! 𝕊𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪! 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕦𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕪! 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖! 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖! 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖! Poem Copyright © 2021 by Julius Jamaal McLean Art by @magicmantrastudio #victorstone #cyborg #marvel #marvelcomics #dccomics #dc #justiceleague #avengers #jamesrhodes #ironman #armorwars #teentitans #blackheroes #blacksuperheroes #comics #comicbooks #poetry #poems #poet #author #writer #blackwriters #blackauthors #blackpoets #blackpoetry #juliusjamaalmclean #terminator #irobot #machines https://www.instagram.com/p/CQR1T60hkRC/?utm_medium=tumblr
