Scrolling
I star emails, headlines, articles. Lately I seldom
stop to plumb what’s there. These days I skim
the waves of news. Yes, it might be life
or death to make sense of what’s cached
in the unread mass of stuff rife behind
the link back of the link
in the next click. I’m sick
of knowing how much
I don’t know. I’m dying
to scroll the sky all day.
It doesn’t harbor lists,
makes no asterisks,
has no priority
except to be.
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Yes to this. My favorite part: “I’m sick/of knowing how much/I don’t know. I’m dying…”
And I thought I was the only one who wants to filter all the word noise through a sieve fine enough to catch the nonsense.
Love, and relate to, the clear frustration in this poem! Some times I just give myself the day off from the news, and take a deep breath!
I’ve started just reading the headlines lately.
I can relate!
I especially like the monosyllabic “the link back of the link
in the next click.”
To scroll the sky all day! Wow. Right there with you.