Daily (Cyrano de Bergerac–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton

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Ah, Lord—

grant me a firewall as long as my nose,

and a courage to match its shadow.

Let me log on with panache:

not in vanity,

but in honest brilliance—

sword in one hand,

strong password in the other,

and a poem on my tongue.

Protect me from cowards who stab with comments

then flee behind nameless profiles;

teach me to duel them, when I must,

not in hatred, but in wit,

defending the dignity of those they wound.

Guard my letters and messages—

those trembling confessions,

those quiet encouragements—

from crude exposure and careless forwarding.

And when love itself passes through the wires,

let it be noble,

not manipulative;

tender,

not predatory.

If I must be wounded,

let it be for speaking truth,

for protecting the innocent,

for refusing to betray a trust—

so that my stewardship of this digital stage

bears, if nothing else,

a little plume of true panache.

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [Cyrano de Bergerac] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [Cyrano de Bergerac], and should not be taken as his real views or words.”


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