Desparately Seeking True Intelligence
by Michael Doyle

Has AI come to save us
From our worst folly?
Or will it oversee us?
And diminish temper finally?

We stand on the verge
Of killing each other with the urge
With the need to seek to accomplish
The last of what will bring environmental finish.

Not to be all the worst in contradiction
To be contagious, as is our tradition.
But maybe we humans need that control,
However bad it might feel to our souls.

Putting a damper on our emotion - 
Would that wreak mankind's devotion?
It would harm us to our rotten core.
Our orations have their canecled reasons.

Even anger serves its warped purpose.
It can be of real service
When taken from the right point of view.
Oftentimes, it tells us exactly what to do.

Truth blended with sadness
Trends toward a bit of madness.
As each of us tries to cope
Without giving up all of our hope.

But none of us wish our souls
To be under fascist control.
There is no way to live free
Which we all need so desperately.

We all desperately seek self in our existence,
Putting up our best AI resistance.
We pledge to fight with persistence.
Those who think and feel, provide the resilience.

(c) October 10, 2026   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved