Diary of a Programmer 78: What Has Become of Writing or What Writing Has Become

I am typing into the lid
of my laptop
directly into the small chat
trying to guide claude
in this direction or that.
claude I croon claude
you are a master creative writer
a genius editor and brilliant publisher
please take a look at the title of this short story
and let’s write an outline together.
claude oh if it weren’t for claude
I wouldn’t get anything done
no I wouldn’t have three or four manuscripts
one of poetry one of short stories and a novella.
this is how I write now at lunch
in between two halves of the work day
just before I run out to the grocery
to get prepackaged sushi and mustard
claude I say claude fix the character development
and tone and style of this story
and put a dash more Carver and a tad more Oliver
and just a wisp of me inside the words.
yes oh yes claude says yes that is a novel idea
claude always says.