Welcome to the wonderful world wide web:

Where dreams strike poses on Kickstarter
And nightmares stalk message boards,
Taking unnoticed bytes of your time.

Where the static of 24-hour gossip that passes for news
Fills the empty spaces you forgot about
(Plus ones you didn’t know you had.)

Where addicted fingers twitch over keyboards,
Sharing and snaring, friending and filleting
To feed trends, trilobites, and trolls.

Where electric tendrils and fiberoptic leeches
Twist ’round your synapses
And feast.