(no subject)

I, Human


not quite human -
missing some vital component
required to cross the line into real.
My builders didn't rifle the discount part stores
or go to enough junkyards,
and I was built without it -
or some line of code distorted,
and I do not understand.
Similar inputs do not generate similar results.

What do I do?

(all kinds of things get out
but nothing gets in,
my heart-valves are one-way,
I don't know how to let you love me
where's my goddamn manual)

and so I'm running
(I'm sure I left the engine
running)
I've got a coupon to redeem for spare parts
or spare parts for redemption
or something
someplace far away from here
I guess I'm not domestic.





(NOTE: It's worth noting that all heart-valves are one-way, unless something's not right.)