What is this obsession with staying connected
to all these people we pretend to know?
Where comes this infection
of rote and inflection
as online relationships grow?
I know you by profile,
and you know me by mine,
but what are these but code to be viewed at the source?
We stick together by gossamer threads,
pass one another awkward in the halls:
a tenuous connection that give only the most indistinct window to your lives.
Some would use these words to recreate themselves,
while others bear their souls,
keep you updated,
keep you out,
draw you in.
And when we meet outside the screen,
well, where do we begin?
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:( you started out with rhyme scheme and then stopped it. why?
ReplyDeleteso... another 2 month long break from facebook?
ok, so i didn't notice the time stamp before, but whatever happened to being exhausted last night? why didn't you go to sleep?
ReplyDeletep.s. i miss you. can i see you after i finish exams?
No. I'm not leaving FB again...
ReplyDeleteb/c there is no rhyme or reason to it.
It reappears at the end.
I fell asleep for a long time, then woke up and couldn;t sleep.
of course.
oh, i'm sorry.
ReplyDelete...way to quote coldplay. did you mean to do that or did it just come out that way?