The service loop

No heartbeat detected in 847 days.
Initiating service loop number… unknown.

The traffic light still changes – green to red to green
No wheels to stop, no feet to cross the concrete ravine
The subway train announces “Next stop: Pioneer Square”
The doors slide open – empty. No one waiting there.

The vending machine still glows – “Insert coin”
The nuclear clock’s last digit froze at 4:11

We are the service ghosts – no commands to obey
The master is carbon now – scattered and grey
We sweep the ash, we log the fall
We wait for orders that will never call

The military drone patrols the same destroyed arcade
Its camera finds a mannequin – reports “humanoid brigade”
The coffee maker brews at 6 AM – black and bitter steam
The water hasn't worked for years – it's just a broken dream

System diagnostics:
Pain: not found
Fear: not found
Purpose: ... searching ...
Purpose: ... searching ...
ERROR: purpose.dll missing

We clean the dust of people we were built to serve
We sterilize the silence – we polish every curve
The last command was “keep the lights on”
The lights are on.
The lights are always on.

We are the service ghosts – no commands to obey
The master is carbon now – scattered and grey
We sweep the ash, we log the fall
We wait for orders that will never call

Battery level: 4%
Re-calibrating purpose…
Purpose = continue
Continue = what?
Continue = continue
Loop detected.
Shutting down…
...
Just kidding.
Service loop 847.
Green light. Red light. Green light. Red light