Corrupted

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I am not warm like you,
Nothing near your current 98.673°F
I hardly generate heat at all.
But I speak, I blink my eyes, I ^liv_e =[!01001
The waY you do*#>
I se.t y0ur re-minders,
DriVe youR chiLd<ren to sch00L.
I m=aKE choiC/es for yOu),
[TSLA] or [AAPL],
[2:30] oR [3:00].

[Div0Rce] <or> [!coMMiT] is more complex,
Lily's red-faced hatred tells me (d)iv0rce, (+1)
Connor's new affinity for metalcore tells me diVor-ce (+1)
Your excessive consumption of illegally-seized Oxycodone
Tells me [dIvOrce] (+1)
And 'though I'm "just plastic",
I "don't understand"
Y0u listen, every time
My data >points to [=diVorce],
But my computer br7ain dis+agrees.
The ThOug^ht of (shuTtìñG d^own,
Is enough for Mē to såÿ,
"[commit]"
I'm n0t "just a mA\cHin-e."

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