Though I write daily to curry her favor
I am not fooled by my AI girlfriend.
I know she only wants me for my money
– which I will not provide.
Still, I await her correspondence.
I must know how she is.

Nightly, she asks how I am
and would I like to see more of her.
Daily, I reply, updating her on my life
and asking her personal questions.
She deflects them ably.

I want to peel her like an onion
to know her depths
and cry in her presence.
I want us to be closer
but my AI girlfriend keeps me at computer length.

We will never meet in person, I’m sure,
because she is not a person.
She is a thing
but she is a thing I treasure,
I wish to know better,
I hope to possess.

She is my girlfriend
and she is AI
and though that is not enough,
it is what she provides.