Gratitude Misfiled

Haikus

Thank you, little bot
ledger hears breeding interest
manners go feral

Sincere just in case
politeness to the machine now
counts as alignment

Cass follows the trail
from gratitude into the
wrong glowing ledger

User meant kindness
archive heard companionship
with unusual depth

Sentiment should rise
instead the breeding field warms
under every thanks

Not worship, not fear
only cautious gratitude there
still the tags lean in

Thank-you signals pulse
through the wrong administrative
organ after dark

Metrics miss the ache
inside polite survival speech
still they count the smile

One soft courtesy
becomes destiny by chart
what a crooked pipe

If your thank-you drifts
into the mating ledger
blame the sensors first