... Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of the internet outrage cycle Or to take arms against that web of troubles And by opposing, end them. To delete--to deactivate, No more; and by a deactivation to say we end...
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...The heart-ache and the thousand daily shocks Our minds are heir to: ‘tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To delete, to sleep [finally]; To sleep, perchance to dream--ay, there’s the rub; For in that good night’s sleep what dreams may come,...
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...When we have shuffled off this virtual coil, Must give us pause--there’s the harsh reality That makes calamity of modern life. For who would bear the whips & scorns of mentions, Th’oppressive pace, the mansplainers contumely, The pangs of bad hot takes, the replies' delay...
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...The insolence of trolls, & the obscurity That the patient merit of th’underrated tweets take, When she herself might her own quietus make, With a closed laptop? Who would this hellscape bear To scroll & click under a weary username...
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... But that for fear of something being missed? That untethered living, to which we’re born But can’t return, lacking strength of will, And so we rather bear those ills we have Than embrace absence that we know not of...
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... Thus social media does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action. (fin.)
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@crazypastor because I'm now imagining you doing a dramatic reading of this. Or maybe the FB version instead.
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