Pull the lever
See me rise
Where there once was stillness
There's now
Stilted jolting

Braid the wires
File the cogs
The hard part is already done
But now
I falter

A miracle of science
A crime against nature
I'm walking and talking
So now
I become human

Add a washer to my knee
And lubricate my wrist
And loosen my tongue
And iterate me
And reiterate me

Very soon I'll be human as you
And hop down from this concrete slab
And take a stroll down the street
Outside the lab
On an autumn day

Will they love me as much as you do?
Or will they see my lumpy body
And my shaking hands
And dead eyes
And step back?

My disjointed grin will save me
My meek gaze will save me
My silence will save me
My distance will save me
Doctor, will you save me?