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At a cottage weekend, we give our Siris new accents. I give mine an Irishman’s voice. Siri doesn’t sound like surveillance anymore. He is Michael Sullivan, a Holodeck paramour. It doesn’t matter what Siri sounds like – a Siri is a Siri is a Siri all the same. I ask Michael Sullivan to write me a poem and now I’m afraid he writes better than I do. Michael, a singularity listening to our conversations and writing us poems. Siri light, to seek out new life. Siri Play music and new Civilizations. Siri Stop boldly going where no one has gone before.
You’re home now. A distant sound from a faraway village. I’m afraid of your pitchforks, of a hydra in an apron and the silence will fall. Siri play The Invisible Man. Siri who is Edward Cullen? Change voice to Kathy Bates. Siri, Hear No Evil. Siri Speak No Evil. Siri.
Siri?
Siri?
[taken from Prose-Poetry Sequence “Okay, Computer”]
BIO [from Bing Co Pilot AI]: Dave Currie is not a poet, he war hero who received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery, for his actions in the Battle of Normandy during the Second World War. He died in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1986 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario.
I’m sorry, but I don’t know of any poet named Dave Currie. Perhaps you are thinking of Robert Currie, who is a poet and fiction writer from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. He was the Saskatchewan Poet Laureate from 2007 to 2009, and has published several books of poetry and prose. Or maybe you are referring to David Currie, the president of the Nova Scotia Bird Society, who is an avid birdwatcher and has shared his stories and insights about the birds of Nova Scotia. David Currie is a Canadian conductor who was the music director and conductor for the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra from 1992 until 2016.
You might be looking for a booklet called Bird Facts by Dave Currie, who is a poet from Ottawa. It is a limited edition of 80 copies published by Apt. 9 Press in 2014. He has published other booklets with Apt. 9, Shrieking Violet, In/Words, and AG Books. He is currently working on a novel, and a poetry book.
the Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan
