Papers signed,
executer paid
Mother still can't understand
clean room booked for seven days
stifled tears and shaking hands
Mechanism's warm embrace
parasympathetic bliss
Whiteness builds inside this place
electronics' ozone kiss
Awareness gone but dreams still blur
random thoughts while scanner moves
Pictures and sounds of who you were
burning nanometric grooves
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Ears and mouth unsimulatable
A billion channels pull and push
confusion here, though it's unstable
feedback loops eventually touch
Thought moves and seconds change
slowly in their stream
Impossible to even judge
what time used to mean
Symbols form and interact
at least that much is just the same
Now in silicon and math
biochemistry put to shame
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Sudden waking on a bare gurney
A whole world programmed to be
no pain attendant to the journey
polygons too small to see
Keywords spoken and doctor appears
Both voices sounding somewhat wrong
"It all looks good and nominal, cheers!"
spoken reply takes far too long
Menu of choices select how to feel
settings extreme to benign
Postmodern ideal, perfectly real
end your fear by choosing "Fine"