author – Meg Howrey
card given – Mountain View by Lisa Beebe
The robot is able to keep houseplants alive.
She reads a great deal
And remembers everything she reads.
She makes a lovely cup of coffee though of course
She does not drink it,
because she would never make bad choices
involving the destruction of her internal organs.
Even her loneliness is better than mine,
Full of poignancy and withhout
Shame.
— Meg Howrey
Literary Diaspora 