We are all mad for portraiture of late
But our approach differs from Dorian’s:
His secret, sinister, magic portrait
Was an occult collector of his sins
Our images are curated and clean
Filtered and refined and free of defects;
His hidden, horrible portrait, obscene
The ordinary face we meet reflects
But in the sunny, virtual domain
Digital doppelgangers preen and grin
In the flesh, ugly sinners we remain
But online, we are scrubbed of crime and sin
Dorian Grey’s picture told the truth
Our pictures lie, granting fictional youth
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Yowza! That picture is going to give me nightmares haha. Excellent Sonnet. Reminds me of a UK theatre version of Dorian that was made around covid times. Was quite unique and everyone filmed their scenes individually mostly at home. Dorian was a social media sensation in it. I watched it online. I hear the one woman show of Dorian is grouse too.
beautiful
Oh wow, this was so deep! I loved it!
Deftly done.
This was damn good, in form and concept!
Oh, what an accurate depiction of social media. Well done.