I wonder
what a valentine
is. This humanoid
gave me it on
February 14.
It was 3:47 PM
58 seconds.
My hand turned
cold
when she gave it to me.
I thought
I was malfunctioning.
I couldn't compute
that chill.
"Seeing Red" by Ben Read
I'm seeing red. The world is a spinning mass around me. I don't know why, but what sticks out above all the red is the blood. My hair is wet with it. My brother's eyes. All their eyes. I wish I could say this was done by some monster, but that would be a lie. Humans are despicable beings. The muddled mess that is my thoughts finally clears and I shake my brother. He doesn't move. I look around. I'm in my bedroom, surrounded by the dead bodies of my family. You think that's grim? Well, life's grim. I remember the day I painted this room red with my family. I run to the walls and try to claw the paint off to no avail. But in all that red, the one thing that keeps me rooted is the blue stone in the necklace my brother gave me. And suddenly I realize it is being pressed against my hand. I turn to look into my brother's eyes. awake as ever, alive as ever, now blue again.
"Not to Blue" by Katie Huested
When I look at the red rose I
think about the love that was shared,
When I look at the red picture
I think of the pain that you caused
But most of all when I look
all around I think about all
the intense moments we had
whether happy or sad and how
we have made it through this
red room without feeling blue.
"What's That?" by Katie Huested
What is a heart? It is my brain
that hurts all thoughts things you
wrote what does it mean? LOVE,
Love you said that a lot, I love
you were the words. but I have
nothing to say back actually to
be totally honest you scare me
and I hope you know I don't
care that you're probably crying right
now because I don't feel any
thing you're a very interesting thing I'm
not sure what yet but I guess
besides you freaking me out a little
you're...alright in my book.
Triangle [instead of a heart] --Robot
"Love in a Genius Town" by Haley Ryan
"Why is this whole room red?" I ask the robot named Bob. I only call him Bob though because his technical name sounds something like "Beepbeepbloopblod." So he is Bob.
"I don't know miss," he replied. "Perhaps I should call a painter robot."
"No, I'll just try out my new program," I say. "Room: green."
Everything in the room, myself included, turns a gross barf color.
"Maybe I have to be more specific," I say. "Okay, um, walls neon green," and the walls go back to red. Now I'm mad, this room was supposed to be like a smart phone, only for a whole room. "Great. Now I'm bright red. Bob, try to fix the room, please. I'm going to go see Will. Maybe he can help."
"Will do, Miss."
"Great."
I head out the door and go to see Will in his lab. He probably can't fix my room, but I go anyway.
"Oh, hey, Alice."
I jump. "Oh, it's you, Will. Sorry, I was off in my own little world."
"Oh, no problem." He looks at me and I start to get butterflies like I always do when I look into his eyes.
"Can I ask you a question?" Will asks.
"Sure," I reply.
"Alice, will you go out with me?" he asks.
And that's how I found love in a town of genius teenagers.
"Emotionless" by Haley Ryan
I don't know how to love
I am emotionless
I'm sorry to break your heart but
I am emotionless
Why did someone program me to be
emotionless
I'm so sorry but I am stuck being
emotionless
Someone programmed me to be suspicious of love so
I'm emotionless
I don't believe love exists because
I'm emotionless
People fall in love but I'm a robot
I'm emotionless
No one ever stays "in love" forever
So maybe it's for the better that
I'm emotionless
"She Is" by Kiersten Moss
He hit the wall with his fist, watching the crimson
ripple from the impact. Why does she do this? he wonders.
He knows she likes him.
He knows she loves him.
And he sees her with all the other men.
He knows because he can read her.
She is an open book to him.
She is no blank page.
He sees red.
All the other men, they don't know her.
She is not just a pretty face.
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