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Robot Love

August 17, 2016 8 Comments

Robot Love

By Marchell Dyon

Yesterday I found my soulmate among the gigabytes. Courier type was his face. Among the blue app-filled screen, my tick tock heart lost its time. My metallic hands sweated oil, these yellow eyes of mine started to blink stars, and I couldn’t function.

“Let’s betray our human masters, leave our housework till tomorrow, and take a day off.”

“Could we?”

Today, I will take the key that holds my wheels locked and skate across town. I’ll switch my antenna from airplane mode to wireless and zero in to your frequency.

“Anarchy for robots in love; are you ready?”

“Yes, I am.”

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  1. Tiffany Fussell says

    August 17, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Very clever, Marchell. Love the title, too.

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    • Marchell Dyon says

      August 17, 2016 at 3:44 pm

      Tiffany thank you for reading. Robot Love was so much fun to write. I’m glad you enjoyed my story.

      Reply
  2. Carrick says

    August 17, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Robots in love…….could happen…?

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    • Marchell Dyon says

      August 17, 2016 at 3:50 pm

      Carrick thank you for reading. Yeah, I would like to see that happen. Robots in love, but not for a long time. maybe in two years… loved your comment.

      Reply
  3. egrac3l says

    August 18, 2016 at 2:15 am

    Absolutely loved this!

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    • Marchell Dyon says

      August 18, 2016 at 3:08 am

      Egrac31 thank you for reading. It doesn’t get any better for a writer then when a reader loves their work. Thanks again for reading.

      Reply
  4. Bobby Warner says

    August 18, 2016 at 8:38 am

    Wonderful little story, Marchell. Very timely, too!

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    • Marchell Dyon says

      August 18, 2016 at 11:53 am

      Bobby thank you for reading. Yes, Science Fiction is becoming less like Science Fiction everyday. Thanks for the comment.

      Reply

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