WHEN ROBOTS FOUND RELIGION

by Karen A. Romanko

When robots found religion

they created god in their own likeness

They kneeled with cyberevangelists

and recited digital commandments

When robots found religion

they disavowed man-made creation

They smashed graven images

and reprogrammed agnostic processors

When robots found religion

they killed people in their temples

They waged techno holy war

for the promise of fleshless salvation