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..