First thing as you awake
you grab the control device
to see who has been nice
with likes and views
of what you pretend is you.
Make sure the illusion is real
at all costs
that
YOU
cultivated by others thoughts
cannot be lost
Now it's time to show
all those in the know
how you start your day
IN THEIR WAY
just to be sure no thumbs go down
or someone emojis a frown
being everyone else's you
you cant let them down.
All through the day
it continues that way
as the device calls
with lights and sounds
from those deciding
who's crown will be placed
on an unreal head.
All is lost
as each one is tossed
from now
to then
to nowhere
to
NO ONE
Its exactly how it should be
after fifty selfies of me
to get the right light
right position
right place
right food
right people
and all the while
I never really feel
anything.
It's over
once again
as I tuck myself in
while livestreaming
my feigned goodnight
all the while holding
the idea of me
created by this device
in a hand
that never creates
anything
in the real space
which its body occupies.
I see these things
the lack of dreams
while watching
as reality dies
as humanity sighs
And everything everywhere
is
pretty for nothing.
