Real Girl

[BJ_Murphy]

Due to such a high ambiguity level in the intent of the poem, I am unsure if this is satire, or simply shallow
chauvinism. A similar adaptation of this idea was in one of Star Trek NG episodes, where Ensign "Somebody" was having a love affair on the holodeck, until the crew came and shamed him into stopping. This has more of a cyberpunk/dystopian feel to it.It's a fairly well traveled path if you replace the holo-girl, with a female life-like robot (Cherry 5000). Going back before that the "whore with the heart of gold" in the wild west literature (think Miss Kitty in "Gunsmoke")and beyond that to the Narcissus/Echo myth. It seems that the rhyme is moving the story along, more than the narrative. On the positive side it is a fun read with some nice graphic imagery. As this is mild critique, I'll stop there.


Dale

I appreciate the critique, and I am an avid watcher of Star Trek. But yes, "Real Girl" is a sexual cyberpunk poem. It tells the story of a futuristic scenario where, surrounded by a dystopian reality, you lock yourself away in a sketchy hotel room with an artificial cybernetic sex worker.

She becomes your one and only true reality, blurring out everything else that is going on around you.