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He sees it all,
Burning buildings, mass murders, the slow depletion of humanity.
He sees it all on the glowing portal
Showing him unfamiliar and inconceivable images.
But is this truly reality?
Not for him.
With a single tear sliding down his cold cheek,
He tweets about the catastrophe
And counts the number of comments.
A digital prison,
The only thing that can grow from the arid terrain
Are parasitic vines that wrap around our corpses
And absorb the last fragments of life clinging to our shriveled souls.
Wake up!
Unreal City.1
Bustling New York.
Atop the River Styx.2
A stream of green corpses with their flaccid faces fastened to their screens
Flood in different directions on their way to work,
Like heated particles of helium
Colliding with one another without making a sound.
Wake up!
Wake Up!
I arise.
The golden sun ascends and a new day emerges from the ashes of yesterday.
As I say every morning, today is the day.
Is it finally time for Departure?5
But I am quickly diverted.
Nicki Minaj had a fight with Cardi B! 6
Annotations
1. From T.S. Elliot’s poem “The Waste Land.” The term is used to describe the city of London and
its residents who roam around below London Bridge in a lifeless trance.
2. Ovid in the Metamorphoses describes this famous river in ancient Roman mythology as the
bridge between the Underworld and living realm. Newly departed souls would cross this river to enter the
Underworld.
3. The god of the sea in Greek mythology. He is known for wreaking havoc on humans for their
sins.
4. From Gillian Clarke’s “Cantre’r Gwaelod” in which he discusses the unfortunate effects of
climate change.
5. The first stage in the Hero’s Journey theory described in Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a
Thousand Faces, which states that individuals, no matter their background, are inspired by a specific
odyssey. They often try to replicate this journey in their own lives.
6. This fight occurred between the two famous female rappers on September 7, 2018. Although it
will leave no impact on our global community, the violent altercation attracted more attention from large
media platforms than growing global issues.
7. Quoted from T.S. Elliot’s “The Wasteland.” A woman yells at a man for never sharing his
thoughts and feelings with her.
8. From J.K. Rowlings’ Harry Potter series. The golden snitch is the most important piece in the
wizard sport Quidditch. The game can only end once it is caught.
9. From F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The main character, Jay Gatsby, is associated with
a green light, which symbolizes his desires for the future. However, he can never truly achieve the
success he seeks because of the facade he creates for himself.
10. From J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series and The Hobbit. Gollum is a man who is corrupted by
a cursed ring. He becomes obsessed with the object, often calling it “precious.”