Marmalade Sunrise

I hear you between perfect notes
See you in each marmalade sunrise
dream of you
wake with you
you’re earth’s finest spring
and most elegant hour
exotic scents and nature’s spell
awaken the you in me
as warm rays whisper your name
I know I’ll never be the same

Job Gobbler

AI code is reinventing Labor
physical bots replace labor
And build for us
A choice:

Expand or minimize our minds
Waxing sameness and bell curves
May drive our lives
pelted with homogenized reiteration slop and misinformation
A spawned distrust
Labor becomes days of rest
forced sloth or voluntary reinvention


Among the hottest hots
and the driest droughts
the iguana never shouts

Gregg Dotoli is a Delaware poet and former computer scientist whose work has appeared in International Times, Mad Swirl, and Taj Mahal Review. His collections include Poetry Fob and Everblue Soul.