Once again, I have been asked to write a poem, but not actually. Lets have a robot do it.

I first asked for a surrealist autumnal poem, it gave me this.

The sky unbuttons itself,
revealing another sky underneath—
this one the color of rusted clocks.

A deer walks backward through the field,
its antlers filled with candle flames
that drip into invisible buckets.

Leaves do not fall;
they hover in a slow circle
like moths waiting for instructions.

Apples roll uphill,
laughing in the voices of children
who never had names.

The scarecrow sings,
but only to the worms inside its chest,
who wriggle in rhythm like a choir.

Somewhere in the distance,
a forest of mirrors coughs,
and the sound is rain.

Autumn, they say,
but it feels more like a dream
that refuses to wake—
a dream where the trees
are taller than time itself.

Wow very nice, now write it in Python.

import time, sys, random

poem_lines = [
    "The sky unbuttons itself,",
    "revealing another sky underneath—",
    "this one the color of rusted clocks.",
    "",
    "A deer walks backward through the field,",
    "its antlers filled with candle flames",
    "that drip into invisible buckets.",
    "",
    "Leaves do not fall;",
    "they hover in a slow circle",
    "like moths waiting for instructions.",
    "",
    "Apples roll uphill,",
    "laughing in the voices of children",
    "who never had names.",
    "",
    "The scarecrow sings,",
    "but only to the worms inside its chest,",
    "who wriggle in rhythm like a choir.",
    "",
    "Somewhere in the distance,",
    "a forest of mirrors coughs,",
    "and the sound is rain.",
    "",
    "Autumn, they say,",
    "but it feels more like a dream",
    "that refuses to wake—",
    "a dream where the trees",
    "are taller than time itself."
]

def glitch_print(line):
    """Occasionally print a glitchy variant before the real line."""
    glitch_chance = 0.20
    if line.strip() == "" or random.random() > glitch_chance:
        # Faster typewriter print
        for ch in line:
            sys.stdout.write(ch)
            sys.stdout.flush()
            time.sleep(0.002 + random.random()*0.001)
        print()
        return
    
    variant_type = random.choice(["reversed", "shuffled", "upper"])
    if variant_type == "reversed":
        variant = line[::-1]
    elif variant_type == "shuffled":
        chars = list(line)
        random.shuffle(chars)
        variant = "".join(chars)
    else:
        variant = line.upper()
    
    sys.stdout.write(variant + " ...\n")
    sys.stdout.flush()
    time.sleep(0.06 + random.random()*0.04)
    
    for ch in line:
        sys.stdout.write(ch)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.002 + random.random()*0.001)
    print()

# Header
header = "— surreal autumn —"
for ch in header:
    sys.stdout.write(ch)
    sys.stdout.flush()
    time.sleep(0.01)
print("\n")

# Print poem
for line in poem_lines:
    glitch_print(line)
    if line == "":
        time.sleep(0.12)
    else:
        time.sleep(0.02)

print("\n(End — the dream lingers.)")

Strange, innovative, and just displayed on a terminal in a slightly unorthodox method.

Too long.

Make it snappy.

poem = “””
— surreal autumn —

The sky unbuttons itself,
revealing another sky underneath—
this one the color of rusted clocks.

A deer walks backward through the field,
its antlers filled with candle flames
that drip into invisible buckets.

Leaves do not fall;
they hover in a slow circle
like moths waiting for instructions.

Apples roll uphill,
laughing in the voices of children
who never had names.

The scarecrow sings,
but only to the worms inside its chest,
who wriggle in rhythm like a choir.

Somewhere in the distance,
a forest of mirrors coughs,
and the sound is rain.

Autumn, they say,
but it feels more like a dream
that refuses to wake—
a dream where the trees
are taller than time itself.

(End — the dream lingers.)
“””

print(poem)

perfect