We look at a vast world
through a 5-inch screen..
We appropriate thoughts
without knowing what they mean..
In a fish market of opinions, we throw in our hats
and pick them up again..
We go with the masses or against them,
on a whim; without using our brains…
We #hashtag every noun and verb,
and drop da vowel frm evry wrd..
Instead of optimizing within character limits,
we assassinate characters with indiscriminate cuts..
Every act of kindness becomes a status update..
Every connection, a potential recommendation..
Every opinion, troll-worthy; however well-articulated..
Every comment, a vent for passive aggression..
No picture too risqué to be uploaded,
No moment too personal to be shared..
If everything we typed could be linked back to us;
I wonder how many would dare..
