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-title = "Data's Poetry"
-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
-date = 2023-11-16T23:00:00+01:00
-categories = ["star-trek"]
-draft = false
-weight = 2002
-primary_menu = "star-trek"
-abstract = "Poems by Commander Data"
-[menu]
- [menu.star-trek]
- weight = 2002
- identifier = "data-s-poetry"
- parent = "tng"
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-
-{{< img-r "st-tng-data.png" >}}
-The Next Generation
-{{< /img-r >}}
-
-Data, our Operations Officer aboard USS Enterprise was a Soong-type android.
-He was sure that his goal in life was to learn what it means to Human; to experience the world like his cremates.
-One attempt to achieve that was by writing poetry.
-Below are two poems he wrote as a result.
-
-
-## A Sunset Bloom {#a-sunset-bloom}
-
-Beginning part of the poem is considered to be lost.
-
-> [...]
->
-> "Then we sat on the sand for some time and observed
->
-> How the oceans that cover the world were perturbed
->
-> By the tides from the orbiting moon overhead
->
-> ‘How relaxing the sound of the waves is,’ you said
->
-> I began to expound upon tidal effects
->
-> When you asked me to stop, looking somewhat perplexed
->
-> So I did not explain why the sunset turns red
->
-> And we watched the occurrence in silence instead.”
-
-(from S06E25)
-
-
-## Ode to Spot {#ode-to-spot}
-
-Spot was cat Data kept aboard the USS Enterprise.
-This poem was written in his honor.
-
-> "Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
->
-> An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
->
-> Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
->
-> Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
->
-> I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
->
-> A singular development of cat communications
->
-> That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
->
-> For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
->
-> A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
->
-> You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
->
-> And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
->
-> It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
->
-> O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
->
-> Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
->
-> And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
->
-> I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend."
-
-(from S06E08)