But What is YOUR Automatic Feeder?!

 It's not a freudian slip anymore, it's

autocorrect

Imagine, self correcting

Was that what this is all for?

The instant, the easy, the click away to correct

perilously slow paces.

I am proud for backing up my hard drive on multiple

externals, but I can't

seem to avoid conversations where I hear myself or another lament for freedom

to be more than the boxes checked on a list

to be more than the miles earned from a credit 

card

so dutifully used on select 

expenses.

My cats go pavlov with dry food.

I watch them stare at the automatic feeder I acquired for 

my peace of mind 

during my long absences.

magnetic.

imploring.

pleading.

Multi-colored pinwheel the size of a skittle turns and turns before me

and I realize I have not blinked until it has disappeared

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