be-labored

Strange how these
automated
monsters shred,
fabricate,
create and
destroy at
the touch of
small buttons—

—Yet at the
slightest hint
of mettle
the huge beasts
are alarmed:
they protest;
they shut down
businesses.

(I actually followed today’s prompt without knowing what it was. A co-worker mentioned something about our old copiers going hysterical over a tiny staple or paper clip, and I had to write this one down.)