Smart Phones

if they are so smart, why don't they know punctuation,
commas, exclamation points, a simple question, a slightly pleading
voice at the end.

Siri, that cute gal, on the other end of the line,
always willing to meet my needs if I state them
clearly and within her vocabulary, like real life when
we don't communicate between curved  planes that don't
intersect in a point, much less a line for parallel.
It's snowing outside, or trying to, like Siri when she
doesn't understand, spitting out random phrases,
it gets wet and cold, and I hover in my black coat
even though the plumber says the heat is working.
I'm tired from a cold blast of air when he gets up to
let the dog out, I will sleep, she will charge to
the hum of 120 volts, if only rest were so effortless.