the algorithm as god

Ask and you shall receive
not answers, but at least a list of responses
for sauerkraut and climate change
genocide and wars on women
hot sex in middle age.
In desperation I query - how
and the all-knowing autofills
long will it last
which is exactly the question I am asking
of jeeves, of google, of god, of everything

Lauren Fulton is a queer, single parent and writer of poetry, fiction and essays. Born and raised in Florida, she now lives in Portland, Oregon. She was a finalist for the Ruminate poetry prize and her work has been featured there, in corporeal lit, Blue Cactus Press, Sixfold, INKSOUNDS, and elsewhere. She has been a featured reader for Oregon’s Literary Arts, and she is a contributing member of the Rebel on Page poetry collective.