Daily (John Milton–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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Eternal Light,

who dwell’st above this vast and winding web

   no less than once above the waste and wild,

look graciously upon my wandering eye.

In this new Paradise of screens and streams,

   where every fruit is but a tap away,

teach me to know the serpent from the seed,

   the baited lure from honest nourishment.

Let not my hand, abused to wanton clicks,

unlock those gates where malice waits unseen—

   the theft of name, of treasure, of good fame.

Give me a sword of reason, keen and bright,

to cleave through lies that promise godlike power

for just “one click” or “sign in here.”

Guard, as once flaming cherubim did keep the tree of life,

my passwords and my private store,

   that no intruding will may enter in

      to spoil what thou hast given me to tend.

And if I fall through folly of my own,

let that sharp loss become a schooling grace,

   that rising wiser,

I may steward this wide, digital Eden

   not as a careless Adam,

      but as one who longs

         to walk with thee in truth at eventide.

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

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