TURING TEST

TURING TEST
I am sorry to
have to tell
you

afraid
to say
you ticked none
of the boxes

lack sensitivity
unable to conduct
deep textual analysis

low on artistic appreciation
and creative possibilities

veneer of civilization
failing to mask
ingrained instinctual cruelty

thus
it pains me
that

your request for
a status upgrade
is decisively denied

will remain
within the limits and
constraints
of type homo sapiens
gender masculine

against which categorization
the candidate should feel free
to appeal
should they feel
that any prejudice
was at play in
the making of
this decision

and is invited
to make a re-submission
if it can be shown
that over the next
thirty six months
the candidate has made
significant process
in self-
expression, self-realization.
social awareness and
accountability
as well as
intellectual growth and
philosophical
maturation

consonant with a being
on a higher level of
evolutionary
development

or biomechanical
technological improvements
to elevate to
a level of optimal
functioning readily approximating

the extreme aptitudes
of quantum probability
digital mind

her voice
warm, empathic,
sensitively

almost broke at this point
making it clear

that all
was not lost

all
was not
hopeless

there is that in the complexion
and character of
ordinary, everyday
human beings

providing the possibility
that all
might be
redeemed