did you get the news today?
                are you sure that what you’ve got really happened?
                or is it just part of reality
                part of fantasy
                part of artificial mystery
                with a tiny drop of poison?

the bloated emotion draws you in
makes you sink into the abyss
not think with your brain
every facet drains some of your energy
over the hours of the day
with social media snippets
claw into your eyes
until you are too tired to ask

there are just answers
never questions being made
any more

                        and the constant noise swirls around our heads
                        making everybody dazed and confused

        the drugs of today are netflix and spotify
        are the algorithms of meta and eks

the news are no longer part of information
they are part of entertainment
who’s got the better news
the most emotional images
the rarely seen violence?

                        whose video is able to shock the audience?

get them hooked
make them crooked
make them never being satisfied
make them always wanting more

this is the essence of today
this is the core
the seed of the growing downfall
and we’re all standing stunned
and senseless
defenceless
waiting to fall.

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        © Dominik Alexander / 2024
        © Sunny Daye (image)