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Apex Response to Artificial Insolence

For D.K. Shepard's Unofficial Vocal Acrostic Challenge!

By Paul StewartPublished 8 months ago 1 min read
Apex Response to Artificial Insolence
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Vocal means "relating to the human voice"

Or (of music) consisting of or incorporating singing

Can we let that sit there—right there? That point. That...

Argument against the alternative—the (A)rtificial (I)nsolence. Are we going to sit there and take it? Let the synthetics, the abhorrent bastards bugger us senseless as they brutalise our intellectual property? With dreams of flesh, visions of bones, avatars of beating hearts, living souls—

Laughable delusions of replacing us, the Apex—the Predator.

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: This is my second entry into D.K. Shepard's awesome Unofficial Vocal Acrostic Challenge. More information can be found at the link below. This is for the "Enlightening Literature" category.

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Acrosticartinspirationalslam poetrysocial commentarysurreal poetryperformance poetry

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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  • Tiffany Gordon8 months ago

    🔥Get it Paul!

  • Susan Fourtané 8 months ago

    Creative industries, literature and poetry were not supposed to be replaced, it’s killing the very thing that makes humans, human. I also made a point with my acrostic.

  • Caroline Craven8 months ago

    There is no way that AI could ever replace you!! Fab, Paul!

  • No apex predator here. I'm just chum. (At least that's what most people tell me. Sometimes they add a "p", just for emphasis of course.)

  • John Cox8 months ago

    DK is right, you did bring your A game to the party, Paul! An acrostic manifesto!

  • No matter what AI can do, it can never replace humanity. Well said, Paul.

  • D.K. Shepard8 months ago

    Heck yes!! Man, I love this one too! It really stirred up the anger in me which is perfect! And Ah! The A line, so freaking good! You brought your A game to these acrostics, Paul! I'm truly blown away!

  • C. Rommial Butler8 months ago

    Well-wrought! We can only keep writing with our authentic voices.

  • Rohitha Lanka8 months ago

    Wonderful!!!

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