pop up ads keep blinking on-
off-on-off—
i can’t seem to gracefully browse
the abyss without
some piece of code
harassing me
with a sense of inadequacy,
and the clues of what
i need to know don’t seem
to come through clearly in the transmission
the emoji movie looks like it could be fun,
i probably won’t watch it, still,
but hey, i can imagine
an alternate reality self possibly watching it
and wondering what their life would be like
if they hadn’t
haven’t been to an ophthalmologist in 3 years because
i’m certain they will fix up my eyes
and then i’ll have to see all the ads on the internet and highway,
and i don’t want to,
you can’t make me
Fred Aiken Writing 