what have we come to
meeting each other on computers
electronic profiles
digital selves
two-dimensional personalities
shadows of our being
i can’t help but laugh
we’re being judged on visual representation
virtual reconstruction
forgetting the essence of what we really are
flesh and blood
skin and bones
something that can’t be coded
or printed on a page
yes, perhaps we’ve finally escaped
the prison of our bodies
able to exist in myriad forms
able to be in multiple places at once
but who would want that
not living in the here and now
not taking in the present
merely shadows of ourselves
-P.Cunningham, June 2011
Posted on Thursday, 9 June 2011
