Those Who Don’t Build
Must Burn
Brylle B. Tabora
THE WELLINGTON Dollar-a-Poem Machine spews out 1,200 new poems a day, works a full twenty-four hours, and is operational the entire week, except on holidays when the machines have to be reset for maintenance.
This machine, patented under the name Mr. Roger Wellington and approved for distribution in late 2050, is the quickest answer to poetry-on-demand. Just key in a subject, choose a verse form—and presto—one new poem for you! Only a dollar a poem. Borgesian. Millay-esque. Auden-esque. Bishop-esque. Everyone just wants it quick and easy, quick and easy, quick and easy…
Since its creation, it has made its appearance in local malls, and just recently, in convenience stores. Just about anywhere people can line up in queues to order their
