Man and Machine

Kinda reminds me of the Combine in Half-Life 2 (don't know if you've played it).


[i]"Prefect face and prefect skin,
But lacking a living thing,
Not quite human nor machine,
But something lying in-between"[/i]

The Combine uses transhuman (and transalien) soldiers, I wouldn't really call them "cyborgs", these aren't living things with implants or stuff like that, but things that blur the line between machine and animal, for example, a dropship: [link]

[i]"Mankind has been built anew,
Flesh and metal no longer two,
But merged into a single being,
Vast knowledge lacking feeling."[/i]

(see previous)

[i]"And we see what we have done,
Questioning what we have become,
And too late we do ponder,
Breaking free from awe and wonder."[/i]

Although rebel Combine aren't in the game itself, a mod called Smod (super mod) adds them.

[i]"We were caught in electric sleep,
And walked onward like sheep,
Erasing everything that we are,
Creating humankind's cure."[/i]

Brainwashing ([link]) and the suppression field the Combine use to keep humans from reproducing ([link]).

[i]"Now we look in broken mirrors,
And are frightened by what is seen,
No longer do we mortals stand,
In place there are machines."[/i]

Again, Smod's rebel Combine soldiers.

Might get a Half-Life 2 fan art commission for this poem as well as the assassin.