This wasn’t quite what they had in mind.
\nTowering overhead, brushing skyscrapers aside like nuisances,
\nShrieks a hundred-odd storeys of doom, destruction and chaos,
\nShooting sparks the size of buses from its gaping plastic maw,
\nEyes flashing with bulbs like tiny suns,
\nThe clockwork gears inside its mammoth chest
\nGrinding and screeching so deafeningly loud
\nThe noise shatters any windows its clacking claws leave intact.
\nThe otaku should be overjoyed, the geeks should be dancing in the streets,
\nVoltron has come to New York, Ultraman has come to Los Angeles,
\nThe giant robots have finally emerged from the sugary imaginations
\nOf a billion young couch jockeys and arcade dwellers,
\nOn the scene, large and in charge,
\nAutobot Decepticon Battletech Mighty Morphin Power Whatever
\nAin’t so pretty when it’s your Grandma’s apartment going flying.
\nCall in the military, can we get Godzilla,
\nG.I. Joe, He-Man, the Inhumanoids, Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers,
\nIf these guys are here then it’s all up for grabs,
\nHell, get Jeff Goldblum with a PowerBook 1400c and a 14.4 modem,
\nHe’ll get these alien motherfuckers fixed right up,
\nJust you wait and see. By sunset this’ll all be good as new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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