Micah Zevin
When Observed by Towering Eyes: An Ode
Pushing buttons in Silicon Valley
search engine gatekeepers
have altered our perception(s) of reality
Fake news has (a) (its) muse(s)
and it’s on a never-ending cruise
We cannot afford to pay for
but is tracking our debt
purchases and whereabouts
We all have googly eyes
and beer goggles because
all things shopping leads to the Amazon
it’s hot and there are no benefits
unless you are highly skilled and overeducated
and usually not a woman
Pushing buttons in Silicon Valley with golden crowns
turning Capitalist Democracy into an oxymoron, big brother
Cognitive diss-onnance telling us what’s best for us
Until we break or are Bro-ken, an artificial intelligence
that has not reached puberty, or has not matured from it
What makes a child worth saving
to work in manipulative futures?
Micah Zevin’s poems have appeared in Best American Poetry Blog, Headlock Press, The Otter, Newtown Literary Journal and Blog, Poetry and Politics, Reality Beach, Jokes Review, POST(blank), the American Journal of Poetry and The Tower Journal. He created/curates an open mic/poetry prompt workshop called The Risk of Discovery Reading Series now at Blue Cups in Woodside, Queens, N.Y. every 3rd Tuesday of the month. He holds an MFA in Poetry from The New School. His website is micahzevin.weebly.com.
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