I Asked AI to Write a Poem

and do you know what?

I was actually pretty good. 

The vocabulary was nice and rich

and it scanned well too. 

It was funny, and interesting

and it made me want to read further. 

It contained a good mix

of similes, metaphors

and others kinds of figurative language. 

It was fluent and slick

and I was sure

that if I put it in a book

the readers would enjoy it.

It was, in other words,

a highly serviceable poem.

Then I deleted it

and wrote this. 

Joshua Seigal