24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
Smile
They suddenly tell me
To choke down the scenery
That they brought me to seemingly
They want me…I am supposed to let all of
The stories go erased by distance so
They steal me away from
The uncertainties surrounding
This shadow following me ready
To snatch my soul
Taking soundly lack of sanity
To feel spontaneously free
He sees her in the shadows despite his friends
She grabs her books when someone approaches her
She turns and butterflies create flutters in her stomach
He gazes upon her as she turns to face him
He mumbles a few words asking her to a movie
She nods her head despite not knowing what he says
She feels faint as he smiles brightly at her
He walks away, trying his hardest not to skip
He hears giggles, and his smile widens further
She realizes then that her dreams had come true
She had said yes to starting a relationship with him
He doesn’t care as he took the first step to be with her
I love waking up in the city.
Just as the sun rises
There is a stillness
As if the day is preparing
For the hurry-up,
The honking horns,
And the unending tide
Of people in motion,
Of which I will be one –
But first,
I need coffee…
Art: Chicago, 2016 by Virginia Galfo
Gone away are our face to face connections
Replaced by the fantasies and imaginings of fake friends and lurkers
The children no longer play
but sit inside watching fight videos,
taking pictures to see how many likes they will get
Self esteem fractured by mean and inappropriate comments
No need to bully you in person,
Bullying can now be done using a computer or a smart phone
People hiding behind fake pages, trolls
spitting out their racial hatred,
a cobra’s poison tainting all who read the comments.
Obesity, time wasted, lack of creativity
falsehoods and phonies
homework left undone
I gotta get that new game system
Gotta put on fronts for my fan-base
Inauthentic, fantastical lies,
fill up my newsfeed
Videos of people killed by police, no filter,
snap-shot conversations
pick up the phone to record, not to call for help
Record the video of my own death via facebook live
Violent videos all through my timeline
Destroying my psyche,
filling me with so much sadness…
but wait,
a cute cat video,
oh look, an owl kissing a child,
wow,
a video of unusual animal friendships,
hope is restored………………..
lol
function assessSentiment () {
var emotion = document.getElementById(“face”);
if(emotion.checked) {
$(“#smile”).addClass(“show”);
console.log(“just checking”);
}
if(emotion.checked != true) {
console.log(“nope”);
$(“#smile”).removeClass(“show”);
}
}
git status
git add .
git commit –am”who gives a”
git remote add origin https://github.com/imee12/poemAE/blob/master/index.js
git push -u origin master
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In the old days it seemed clear.
A human is a human
A cat is a cat
Time is regular, straight, and linear.
It is all confused now.
A human is made up of many different species of bacteria.
A lichen is made up of 5 different species.
What seems like one is really a commune of many.
Replacement parts are available
and ever expanding to supplement living matter.
In the future, creation of stories
will revolve around Hal the computer,
the gods, and us, hubrogs.
Its saddening the way he is now.
Only moments ago a flock swept him up in the air.
.
.
.
A moment in the sky made him forget of the ground below.
He was happy when the stars started tagging him along.
Retweeted him and mentioned him only to seep his diamond bling.
That is when he loses his melody.
So much so as a chirping bird, hitherto.
Since my earlier posts aren’t showing up anymore hmmmm 
Another new camera
Another closed eye
One more upgrade
Outdating the mind
We trade in technology
Giving up intelligence
Got to get the next one
Patience and wit become obsolete
Power on
Charge it up
All the while
Blinding ourselves
Even More