Hashtags
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Dream, day, night, day dream, dream wake
In your eyes, in your minds; digital dust
Fixated minds, saturated tissue, repetition
Dogs walking children; walking screens
Phones walking zombies, minds; humanity
Eyes to their screens; digital glue
Blindly present, absent and absorbed, drip
Operating, liminal vessels, crossing streets
Notification, notified, not if i’d; noise
Eyes glued, minds glued, digital screens
Neurotransmitters commanding neurorote
Anticipation, desires, forgotten clocks
Fingers taping, crossing little screens; candy
Walk, run, slide across to get that; drip
Digital coffee brew; digital oxy; prize
Click click click, upload download share
Autopilot, repetition, repeated, repeat
The dopamine squeeze; drink, drink, drink
Endlessly, mindlessly, wake drink sleep
Taking a selfie, be a slefie, see a slefie
Selfie selfie selfie selfie selfie selfie, self me
This angle, that angle, all angles, what angles
That food pic, click click click, post, repost
Social slot machines pull; scroll scroll scroll
This photo, that photo, all photos
Select, post, share, like, compare; consume
Sunset; capture, a sea of glowing screen
Analogous; shifting mixing, assembly line
Check now, check then, check again; when
You got 32552, they got 167293 and me 5
Triggered, take a pic, share a pic; pull
Hunger; thirst, anxiety; sadness full
Overflow, quick click drip post, only a few viewed
More, camouflage, programmed fleshy code
Liberation, adoration, Achilles heel, digital pills
What value? Like, no like; where's the love
Wait stop; new feature, new vid, new filters
More, new uploads, create and wait; thirst
Nope; not viewed, lost, have value no value
Reshare, no share, no save, no like, not seen
Avoidant, distract, go scroll; now numbness
Feelings; sadness, hashtags, compare
Celebrity crush, provocative pose, popularity roll
Inspire or desire, create or imitate
Liking, liked, how many more, scroll
How many saves, how many shares, drip
Missed one, lost in feed; OCD scroll
Panic strikes; attached, unfollowed, abandoned
Triggered, scroll, stressed, dopamine roll
Add follow follow unfollow unfollow repetition
Try this new, drop that old, try that post now
No; post then not now; slot machine roll
What’s the magic time, when’s the special day
Is it noon, is it 2, is it 8; no it 2 mins to noon
Be first to cast and catch the lunch time scroll
Addiction, depression let’s go; NO let it go
Drip drip drip, Hashtags, click click click
I’m special, your special, we’re all special
Shift, fight, pull; Algorithm struggles
Break the code, crack the code, what code
More likes, more shares, more post
More stories, more time, more more more
Empty calories, digital delights; sugar highs
Wake and digitally bake; invisible blue tans
Tired, testy and angry; drip, we wonder why
Eating digital pixels; shrinking thoughts
Dopamine retention, shot; attentions spans
Disconnect, unplug, escape, futility, drip
Digital substance, isolation; self esteem lows
Digital scroll, feed the profits, never full
Intended compulsion; addicted and numb
Membership fee, time wasted; time spent
Fill on vanity and dispar, spiraling addiction
Quantum physics depression; send Neo; save
Run quickly run lightly, unplugged; awaken
Your valued, you loved; run free; escape
The world awaits you; feel present, feel joy
Detox; eyes rested, healed minds, relaxation
Fill your soul up on laughter and beautiful life
Disconnected now
Be free again.
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