Stainless Steel Games

No black or white beneath the steel
and chrome exteriors we sport.
No beating hearts to help us feel,

no red or black to mark the deal
so no-one knows who came up short.
No black or white beneath the steel

that armors us against the zeal
of enemies outside our fort.
No beating hearts to help us feel

emotions that may not be real,
sensations that we love to court.
No black or white beneath the steel

encasing us, as we reveal
our makers' choice was to import
no beating hearts to help us feel.

We pass the altar, but can't kneel.
Design parameters support
no black or white beneath the steel,
no beating hearts to help us feel.

--for Poefusion
image courtesy of Wongster121

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