Roomba
It dropped down from the branches
of capitalist technology.
It figured out where to go.
It would remember how to get back.
One day, it stood upright.
It fetched your coffee.
It tittered at your jokes.
It brushed your teeth.
You had to smile
at your own foolishness.
It’s only a machine.
It learned accounting
from an old schoolbook.
This night will mark
your first in a shelter.
It was only a machine.