Art does not come from a machine, which has never seen
A human hand, cramped and covered in ink
A machine cannot begin to comprehend, even think
A machine, which can never possess
A human’s heart, a human’s mind, a human’s soul
A poem by Robyn Yelverton McKiernan, age 15, Dublin
Art does not come from a machine, which has never seen
A human hand, cramped and covered in ink
A machine cannot begin to comprehend, even think
A machine, which can never possess
A human’s heart, a human’s mind, a human’s soul

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