Poem: The Half-life Haunts Me (haiku in 21 variations)

Serene Grace, ,
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Face to face is gone
except when it’s not chosen
work, school and prisons

Cafes are empty
libraries house the homeless 
tiny shops are closed

Monopoly time
but it’s not a children’s game
corporate greed’s real

I blame Hollywood 
the music industry and
the politicians 

Generations groomed
to choose cold plastic metal
artificial gloom

Futuristic doom
Star Wars and ET brainwash
that’s how they trained us

Prefer bleak futures
instead of the actual 
nature lost our heart

Social media
is isolation hidden
digital prison 

Paranoia fuels
anxiety and mistrust 
comparison lust

False validation 
popularity contests
we’ve become islands

Which version is real?
polished public personas
weeping privately 

Insecurities 
camouflage real with makeup
hide your friendlessness

Orbital strangers 
behind the black mirror’s gaze
we’re computer slaves

AI girlfriend craze
mail order robot surprise 
cyborg blushing brides

Can we reverse time?
use typewriters and landlines
skateboards, spin records

Ink pens gliding smooth
cursive dips and layered loops 
dreamed thoughts on paper

I’m lost in mourning 
blinking cursor taunts my eyes
artificial ghost cursing

Terminator hum
data center drones
suicides our world

So they distract us
with everything but the truth
ADD culture 

Pokémon tv
WWF
media vultures

the half life haunts me
the elusive memory 
the treasures we lost

25 Comments

    1. Thank you, Christopher. I remember how I used to be enamored with scifi, wanted a modernized future, but now that it’s here, I feel disgusted with it. :D!

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      2. Life is so full of irony! If it wasn’t so tragic, I’d have to laugh about it! Interesting how in extreme sadness or joy (laughter), tears flow! Irony! ❤️

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    1. I feel sorry for the young people who never experienced the analog world. They don’t know what they’re missing.

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  3. I love how this haiku reminds us of what we didn’t know we missed. Bill Gates’ dream come true, and jealous Steve Jobs chasing Gates’ dream. It’s no wonder the symbol and name Apple shows a bite from the apple, the representation of the Great Fall of humanity. Satan’s promise kept.

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    1. Thank you, Dan. I agree, I think the forbidden fruit of knowledge as the Apple logo was their inside joke. Knowledge without wisdom is very dangerous; I think that’s why God forbade it, He knew we weren’t able to utilize it, too immature. “With great power comes great responsibility”, we humans are too vulnerable to power tripping.

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      1. Vey true Judy. I agree we aren’t ready for the things we are creating. We don’t have a clue anymore about ethical behavior and so many technologies fall into evil use.

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      2. I truly think society has devolved significantly and the IQ level has plummeted due to SM and technology. End Times approaching rapidly.

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      3. I feel it in my bones. The end is not far off. It might be that we don’t see a complete destruction of the planet immediately, but we will see what we have always been promised. Evil will reign long enough for us to decide we don’t like it anymore.

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      4. Everything feels like it’s in slow motion, the anticipation is exhausting. They are clips of seemingly normal people eating raw meat right out of the styrofoam packaging and some are eating roadkill animals with the fur still attached, it’s becoming hell on earth literally.

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      5. I had an acquaintance talking about how much money they save eating road kill. I nearly passed out. Ewwwww. We are losing our minds collectively and individually.

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  4. We are steadily losing the treasure of in person human contact and exercising our brain. We have to continue to voices in the wilderness, shouting out the truth.
    Blessings always, my friend 🙏🏼🕊️

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    1. I think we really need in person contact for our sanity’s sake, I’m afraid they want us to become unfeeling cyborgs. But yes, there are still many of us shouting the truth ❤️, blessings to you too always, my good friend🌸

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