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Allegations?

Yes, I made an allegation

against your system,

not the people.

No hard feelings.

But the very way

you treat people,

the tone,

the language

you use to communicate with me,

makes me feel

like I have been treated

unfairly,

unrealistically,

like I am just a machine.

Even when I address a bot,

I say please.

I don’t expect

a please

or a thank you,

but at least

you could have the courtesy

to tell me

what is happening

around me.

I would have been thankful.

But no.

You chose

to keep things away from me

so that one day

you could call

and say,

you need to do this,

you need to do that.

As though

you have tied me somewhere.

As though

you own me.

That greedy,

leech-like

corporate attitude

doesn’t quite match

the way you describe yourselves.

Professional.

Polished.

All that glitter.

Tipsy-topsy stuff.

Worthless

when there is no humanity

behind it.

Complete nonsense.

And before

you think silence

means surrender,

know this:

I will fight

for what I believe is fair.

Not because

I would take pleasure

in bringing anything down.

I wouldn’t.

But this weak heart

sometimes carries

the thunder of Zeus.

And when the time comes,

I can raise my voice.

I can stand my ground.

I can ask

for things to be fair.

Because,

strangely enough,

after all this noise,

all this anger,

all these allegations,

you do know

all I do

is care.