Shutdown.log

PoetryVol. 3 No. 2
Written By Gordan Struić

if (soul == None):
 log("disconnection detected");
 backup("last known version of me");

if (heartbeat.variation < 0.01):
 run("old songs");
 try:
  trigger("feeling");
 except:
  pass

if (voice == empty):
 load("your messages.txt");
 loop:
  hear("you saying goodbye");

if (system == unstable):
 restart();
 load("quiet");

if (presence == ghost):
 print("I loved you");
 shutdown("gently");

Instructions for leaving.
When there’s no one left.

This piece was featured in Volume 3, Issue 2. Click here to explore other pieces from this issue.

Gordan Struić

Gordan Struić is a poet, writer, and lawyer from Zagreb, Croatia. His work explores silence, memory, and the hidden undercurrents of human experience. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Beyond Words, 34th Parallel Magazine, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Prosetrics Magazine, Voidspace, #Ranger Magazine, Lana Turner, and Half Mystic. When not writing, he plays guitar and explores the dialogue between poetry and sound.

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