Storyteller

How are you?

(1992)

Systems are functioning
within normal parameters.
I am an android.
Devoid of emotion.
My emotional “system” has shut down.
Yes.
My other systems function.
I function.
I eat. I sleep. I walk. I work.
I’ve shut down.
Shut off.
This way I can function.
Within normal parameters.
This way nobody knows.
Everything is normal.
People respect me.
I’m so calm.
So mellow.
Take everything in stride.
Take everything.
Hide it away.
If I work hard enough,
Even I think everything’s fine.
Operating.
functioning.
Within normal parameters.
And how are you?