A New Friend

I built a robot from car parts that ran on steam

It seemed

Awkward but it was the best way to make me a new friend:

A machine

Emotions I crafted so carefully from the steel

It'd feel

Aligned to my interests, protective, bound to my will

I was thrilled

I flipped on the power

The cogs now in motion

The engine it screamed as I backed towards the door

Oh no, I thought

Now I've gone and done it

But before I could run it roared

You've won a most wonderful week

In the south of France

Quelle onne chance!

Come, now we go to the snowy peaks of the Alps

And ski down

Needless to say this delighted me

Like a child

I smiled

Robot and I

Rode down the west side highway

In style, so wild