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diff --git a/content/star-trek/tng/data-poetry.md b/content/star-trek/tng/data-poetry.md deleted file mode 100644 index 5948df3..0000000 --- a/content/star-trek/tng/data-poetry.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,89 +0,0 @@ -+++ -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" -+++ - -{{< 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) |