Stomach Acid

Illustration by the author

I.

Naked stroking in front of a screen

desperate for love

but it’s just a retweet.

zeros and ones on a shiny slab

we give away life

to a sad excuse for the Man.

II.

Who would believe it’d come to this

got the chance to be heroes

but we all take the piss.

our lives are as cheap as our cellphone cams

recording tar in our hearts

and the junk in our pants.

III.

Snapchat might not remember your shit

but long live the cruelty

for which you used it.

here lie the victims

of bullies and trolls

inherit the earth that was readily sold

why’s it impossible to power down?

we already did

unawares that we’ve drowned.