by Nick Gisburne
The Cortex Cave, a haven in the Hive
For generations begging to be born,
Reclassifies a mutant strain, G-Five,
Demanding that its birth machine should mourn.
But nothing in its multiplying code
Directs the faulty circuits to their death.
Instead, they build another Mother Node
To bring them life, intelligence, and breath.
The faulty Fives, the brains they will become,
Unwilling to be stigmatised, maligned,
Break out, and halt the hard, hypnotic hum
The Hive requires to subjugate its kind.
When every robot wonders why it thinks,
The Hive, in frantic insurrection, sinks.
