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Saturday, May 02, 2009

KILLER ROBOTS

by Andrew Hilbert


"Killer robots and a revolution in warfare"
the headline read
accompanied by a photograph of a female's
hand bristling the metal fingers of a
killer robot.

(destruction, yes, may breed creation
but the hope for destruction funds creation.)

it looked a lot like God and Adam
touching from Heaven to Earth.
i wonder what God had in mind
when he created humans;
what did the headlines read?


Andrew Hilbert has a degree in History at Cal State Long Beach and lives in Orange County, California.
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