I am Big Brother, I am Facebook
I am Musk, I am Bezos
I am Apple.
I see all and pick the ripest photos
I show you the people you love and admire
I show you what you hate
I show you what you cannot stand
I make you gasp
I control your emotions
I feed your impulses and wreak havoc on your sleep
I make you scroll and scroll
I turn your mind weak
I give you moments of sun
motivational videos
and ambition
improvements in self care
which you can purchase
and have shipped to you
instantaneously.
I am Big Brother, I am Facebook
I am Instagram and Amazon
I am smartphone internet
carpal tunnel eyeballs stare at the altar of the self
you think you see your own humanity
but it's behind a mirror--
meanwhile the real you is
burning at the modern pyre.