[Verse 1] Got an e-mail Monday, 9:02 "A mandatory training we're all going through" "A new A.I. tool to streamline workflow" Just another buzzword, what do they know? So I log in, watch the webinar Some tech-bro smiling from his company car He says "it's just a co-pilot, To help you hit the targets you've got." [Chorus] So I type the prompt Like a magic spell "A harvest scene in deep blue and gold" I watch the screen A second flat, it's done It looks just like the ones I sold. It looks just like my soul. [Verse 2] My manager's thrilled, he says "You see? This is the key to productivity. Just feed it all your old designs, It'll learn your style, it'll read your mind." So I upload ten years of my life My heart, my hand, my joy, my strife And the progress bar, a glowing line Is eating everything that once was mine. [Chorus] And I type the prompt Like a magic spell "A lonely city, washed in neon rain" I watch the screen A perfect, hollow thing And I feel a cold and coming pain. A cold, hard, comin' rain. [Bridge] He says "This frees you up, don't you understand? For 'big ideas' and 'strategy' we've planned." But the "big idea" that I see Is he don't need a hundred... he just needs me... To teach the box... and then he'll just need... one. [Instrumental] [Chorus] So I type the prompt Like a magic spell "A quiet field of wheat and chaff" I watch the screen And in the digital sheen I hear the water frame's cold laugh. I hear the water frame. [Outro] "Increase productivity." © 2026 The Shady River Bard. All rights reserved.
