Writing Without a Prompt

These days when I try to type up my thoughts

I get prompted by AI more often than not..

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AI is always trying to guess the next word for me

Sometimes it is right and it makes my work easy

By sparing me the effort of spelling the word right

But at other times irritation I have to fight..

I don’t want someone to take over my voice

I don’t want to select from a choice

Of words “curated” for me

It is an affront to my authenticity

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The solution stares at me in plain sight-

With a pen, on paper, I need to write

Where no annoying prompts or suggestions are seen

My writing can be as authentic as it has ever been

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Though the world kneels at the altar of AI

Let me chart my old-fashioned path under the sky