this is rather gimmicky but I just wanted to try this cyber-ish style
#this panopticon
dreamy crescent
what do you really mean by this though whats your meaning behind it?
calm merlin
I appreciate the experimentation, some word pairs in here were actually quite refreshing, bet deciphering the last half or so is not quite easy, though that may be your intent
worldly shale
The speaker describes a self that continues to function and respond automatically even after meaning, agency, and genuine connection have broken down. Existence is sustained not by understanding or closeness, but by persistence, monitoring, and a loop designed to keep going rather than to resolve.
candid widget
“tracking reference points that no longer exist” i feel like this might be the core of the poem. Grief, memory, habit....all just phantom data points in a system that doesn’t know they’re gone lol
