Behind Viral Lies

You’ve got it all at your fingertips
But you’d never pass the Turing test
Your humanity’s just junk inside the code
We are ghosts lost in cyberspace
Networks scream loud without a face
Save avatars just to link with other nodes

I was downloaded into the machine
Ones and zeroes ENCOMpass me
This bit I byte off - more than I can chew
The algorithm makes me think I choose
But I’ve got news
There’s nothing left of you

This matrix revolting
Atrophied brain is floating
Descartes before the Trojan horse
This virus infecting
Like and subscribe its spreading
Pandemic borne of lies open source

Reality has gone virtual -
Peripheral visions of the end.
The process has gone critical -
Memories stored are all but dead.

Reviews

[Nicole]

I don’t watch the news. It’s so easy to get caught up in he said, she said, this country said. It’s strange to watch people you love buying into the mostly crap out there. I need to show your powerful poem to some people in my life. Thank you for sharing your point of view. I enjoyed reading it. Stay safe and have a great weekend!

[Dennis Shanaberg]

Thank you for the kind words. Love for my words to help others see beyond themselves

[Einstein Noodle]

wow ... blistering and somber tone ... i am far from a computer savvy geek but the double entendre is smart ... the metaphor relevant and social commentary relateable .. we are confused by "facts" that along with the virus itself continually morph in shape and scope ... the frustrations are inevitable .. throw in the economic blitzkrieg and panic is not some vague possibility ... but the human race has proven over and over again how resilient we are ... truth be said this illness has united the world in mutual struggle .. so each of us are definitely not alone ;)
E.

[Dennis Shanaberg]

Thank you for reading and the review. Truly, the amount of - for lack of a better term - fake news out there is kind of terrifying, to the point where even that term is being turned against any facts that don’t support someone’s viewpoint.
Seeing people I respect and love swayed by easily disproved articles and conspiracy theories has become quite disheartening and concerning. I hope we all learn to look at all the information to discover the truth as opposed to whatever fits our limited worldviews

[Einstein Noodle]

i hear you Dennis .. i use to be an eager news hound but the only thing i give credence to anymore is live coverage of the person speaking .. like CSPAN and all the House and Senate goings on .. but even there .. the rhetoric and poison partisanship is appalling enough to turn me away .. i also read any .gov public papers that interest me ... i can not help but question .. who is it that is getting something from American Citizens becoming confused and mistrustful of Gov. and news ... who wants that confidence to be shaken and destroyed ... that's about as far as my own conspiracy wonderings go ... it doesn't seem haphazard as the attacks are continuous and focused ... already our Nov. elections are in complete questionable land .. and we haven't even voted ... individual freedoms in America have been chipped away at for decades :( ... the next 20 years are going to be pivotal in my opinion.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Dennis. World went mad.
"This matrix revolting
Atrophied brain is floating
Descartes before the Trojan horse
This virus infecting
Like and subscribe its spreading
Pandemic borne of lies open source"
The above. Hard and true. I hope you are doing well and thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Dennis Shanaberg]

It’s definitely a strange time. I hope you also find yourself well despite the weird world in 2020

[Coyote Poetry]

All we can do is try Dennis. A new world is a-coming.