Dick, P. K., and the art of relevancy

AI, being what it is,

And robots being more human

At a significantly impressive rate,

Questioning if sheep count people

Seems less relevant than questioning

If sheep exist at all.

What if P K Dick was right,

And robots dream of electric sheep,

And humans,

Who count such things

Know there are not enough sheep to count,

Even in imaginary fields.

And what if the sheep,

Having read Animal Farm

And Oryx and Crake,

Know better than to limit their dreams

To the misguided world

The people have created.

It would be a better use

of ovine talent,

and time,

to count the rails in the foldings,

and hope for a talented non-AI shearer,

with bandaids.