…..
AI swallows myths we feed it: that’s how
it pretends to be human.
Christopher Columbus. Robert E Lee.
Statues now torn down.
Salud to red wine! To live long!
No, that’s wrong.
1998: 1 in 10,000 children have autism.
2024: 1 in 36 children have autism.
Strip the myths, like husks off
corn. To reach the kernels.
Crack the coconut
to reach the meat.
Light looks white––indisputable.
A prism frees the colors.
Broken bottles in the ocean
soften into sea glass.
Don’t worry, I tell myself. I still may have
the last word. The silenced often do.
…..
This poem is from the chapbook Remaking by KM Kramer (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/remaking-by-km-kramer/
KM Kramer is a writer, previously a First Amendment attorney, who feels most at home in California. She earned her undergraduate and law degrees at Stanford. Her writing awards include the Letter Review Prize for Poetry and first place in the 2025 Micro Nonfiction Contest by Dreamers Magazine. Her creative works can be found in Action Spectacle, Rogue Agent, Free the Verse, and many other places. You can follow her work at KMKramerPoetry.com
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