b128 (10.31-3.2025): chess can be quite hallow

chess can be quite hallow
by hal l. o. ween 

alternative titles: 

unhappy ending

chess can be a mess 

happy endings 

check your mate 

when pawn and queen are kings 

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chess can be quite hallow
knight and king and queen
at times (hard to swallow)
happy halloween
 

(a dance of in-betweens)

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·      at this earthy mask-array party, black v. white becomes a continuum of fore-play, core-play, and after-play as the halloween party rages on.

 the objective, after all, is mate.

 
in the happy/sad ending below:
·       ghastly pawns show their strength, and
·       a white knight finds himself in a corner, but had a key role in the mate, and
·       a nonbinary-pawn appears to have queened himself on h-8… identifying as a rookie castle who mates the enemy’s king pumpkin, and
·     both kings find themselves back on their original squares after venturing into battle.
 

white had the option of ‘queening’ the pawn on h8, but (due to a former divorce) chose not to create another queen.

of note: the author of this thoem (1) is hallow, (2) is a ween, and could be (3) caught-up in between.
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martino, j. (10.31-3.2025). chess can be quite hallow. book 128: last night. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us 

b128 (10.31-2.2025): i love my pet

i love my pet
by al oving owner
 
although i am intelligent, i sometimes do forget
although we can’t communicate, i love (i love my pet)
 

(a love i don’t regret)

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·       dogs… e.g. "becoming the dog" could be a good short-term strategy -- when faced-with artificial intelligences doing bad things to us humans.

·       after all, we (sometimes) love our less-intelligent pets more than we love fellow human beings.
 
so, the short answer would be to become more dog-like (once our owner declares ownership). you know, provide ‘unconditional’ love: wag the tail, chase the stick, sit, roll-over, beg, and (maybe most of all) don’t poop on the rug.

 
…but what happens (longer-term) when the owner becomes sooooooooooo intelligent that we humans are more like ants, in comparison?

ask yourself: 

do humans even want unconditionally loving mosquitos as pets?

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martino, j. (10.31-2.2025). i love my pet. book 128: last night. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us 

b128 (10.31-1.2025): why do i use a condom with my robot?

why do i use a condom with my robot?

by al oving owner
 

why do i use a condom with my robot?
 
it’s not that i do not know where she’s been
it’s not so i can get up on her soap box
it’s not because i like her as a friend
it’s not because i fear that she might someday replicate, and
it’s not because it doesn’t feel really (really) great

it’s not for her protection (or to put our minds at ease)
it’s just because i (sometimes) like to fool-around, and tease
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·       admittedly, there are times when i do worry that she’ll replicate.

:)

 
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martino, j. (10.31-1.2025). why do i use a condom with my robot? book 128: last night. © 2025 by wellnesseducation.us