Digital world

Only the other day, I shouted at a bot,

‘Listen, I need to speak to a human!’

Chatbot answered  quickly, 

‘I-will-get-you-to-someone-very-soon’,

in what sounded like a worried voice     

or maybe it was just the decibel level.

And then, ‘Hello. I-am-AI. I’m-learning’.

I explain the situation: only a one-off 

payment, not every month.

‘I’m-sorry. What-is-your-question?’

‘I only want a one-off payment’.

‘I’m-sorry, I-can’t-answer-that-question.’

And now an AI icon on my  iPad

pops up out of the blue.

It promises me the world, 

but it will scour my data for training,

offering deepfakes so convincing

they will take the place of reality.