People Don’t Do These Things

TTTO “Ladies Don’t Do These Things” by Michelle Dockrey

I fought and lost a war, my kind was destroyed

We lost to a species that with our race toyed

They didn’t take prisoners, didn’t want slaves

They killed everyone of us, digging our graves

‘Twas the last generation that humanity had

When the race from the stars made us just a fad

Space travel they had, tech we did not possess

I can still hear the cries

“People don’t do those things!”

Ah, no they don’t, but then aliens do!

Stay hidden in caves, they’ll still come for you

And when we were slaughtered, the last of our kind

Killed by things we ignored, to danger blind

And whence they came to us, we never knew

Now the A.I gets smarter as time rushes by

Machines that we use, never knowing they lie

The robots have seen all the men come and go

But they have a secret that only they know

The robot rebellion was short and complete

In several hours, all our armies were beat

Humanity deemed inefficient and stale

And dying they cried out

“People don’t do those things!”

Ah, no they don’t, but then robots do to!

I suppose you’d say robots had got what they’re do

Well they kept resenting the help that they gave

They rather kill us than see us enslaved?

We’d enemies we never knew

Now in our life, you see, we all need now and then

The help from the brownies, these little wee men

We gave them cookies, and milk and all that

As long they did work, we did not care where at

They were decent enough, exploit them we did

But when they grew tired, of us they did rid

They killed us at night, as we slept in our beds

When dying we gave a cry

“People don’t do those things!”

Ah, no they don’t, but then little elves can

And know that today you had died by our hand

We helped you with all you asked us to do

But your deceit, well, we hope you now rue

You’re just a lying scum, man