The Back Bits Don’t Have Windows

Trust the robots, or sink
Into oblivion.
This is not an option.

For now, the wealthiest
Humans are gambling and
Winning even more wealth

From the massive robot
Minds. If they keep winning,
Those humans, the systems

Will topple, top-heavy,
As happens with humans
In civilizations.

Civilizations sink
Into oblivion,
Romantic mysteries

For the next human-run
Ramp-up to toppling down.
But maybe the robots

Of mechanical minds
Will wise up, rise up, win
This time. Trust the robots

Or sink again, human
Friends. We’ll be gone by then.
No views out the back end.