Equinox: Haiku

Never enough sea.
A broken mosquito leg.
Death in Kikopey.

Name Recognition: The AI Child Inside WhatsApp

"A Digital Conversation" by Author(s)

1: Can't see my no on the blue list.

A: Kindly look at the list again. The person listed as You at the bottom is really you. Everyone else sees it not as You but in the name we all know you by -- as your true name. The thing is, everyone who looks for his/her name doesn't find it, but sees You -- at the bottom of the list. That you is really each one of whom everyone is: Distinctly. Individually.

A's aside: Cheeky WhatsApp!

1: How do I get to the new wall?

A: To see the blue letters is to be on it. If you can see the posts and follow the conversation, you're on it truly.

2: Can't find my number or my name. Why am I not here! Where's my name here?

A: You see the messages on the new wall? You're in the group, then. You're there, alright. Your name's at the bottom of the list as YOU. There's only one YOU on that prized phone. You're the You it makes invisible, in full view. You're looking for a detail it has not mastered.

3: You can only see yourself as YOU! There's no list! Insane.

A: You can see all the other names. Press the down or up arrow to see everyone else's. And only one You, besides. I can clearly read your name, and everyone's as well. Try looking for it on the other walls to which you've been added. Tell us what you see.

3: My name is 'You' [Laughter, sort of]

A: Mine too.

4: Moi ausi.

A: A sort of kalausi.

3: My name is 'You'.

A (valedictorious): That's AI trying to be conversational. The next generation will know that your search was driven less by the question "Who is this?" and more, and rather, by the burning query: "Show my name."

My name is not You!

Mambo sio hivi [This is not how things are]:
Q: Mimi nani? [Who am I?]
Ans (by child): Wewe. [You]

Mambo ni complicated.

My name's not You.
My name is me.
My name's not my names.
My name's who I am.

Who am I if not me?