A Virtual Rant

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..

2 comments:

  1. Verry nice my friend.. As I try to absorb the vastness of these thoughts, typing a comment on my 5 inch screen..

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  2. A virtual rant...

    OR

    A real fact...

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