Pleasantries

This, this, and this.

That, and that.

Watch how we speak without meaning.

Watch how our mouths form words with

No sound at all.

The test of our humanity.

How do we score?

Do we pass the trial?

Speaking, talking.

Moving on.

What is the purpose?

What established the rules?

Was it two generations ago that

We were bound to them?

Ten?

Twenty?

The endless links,

Binding us,

Our shackles,

Our penance.

When will we break free?

When will we rip past that barrier?

Will we?

Can we?

That, and now this,

Watch how we evolve.

Full of sound,

Moving on.

We establish

Our future.

Rip past that barrier.

We have the will, we can.