Idiot Birds

from Better Than Love by Mike Debenham

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when the machine writes songs
we won't have to write songs anymore
we'll throw away our notebooks
and lay down our guitars

when the machine sings
it'll be a song for all time
relatable, unhateable
assembled out of you and me
for you and me

when the machine gets sad
none of us'll get sad anymore
we'll rub its little tummy
and rock it back to sleep

when the machine sings
it'll be the last song ever heard
healing us, concealing us
all will be revealed
when the machine writes that song

but what'll we do with ourselves?

woke up this morning to the birds singing
haven't they heard the news?
oh idiot birds
nobody sings any more
haven't you heard?
there's no money in music any more
all that time they're spending on it
as if their lives depended on it
idiot birds
my idiot bird
you idiot

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from Better Than Love, released February 2, 2024

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I'm a writer and musician based in Melbourne, Australia.

Not actually a goat.

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