Caught In the Jaws

Reaching into the demon’s mouth,
  the search entraps and burns 

With every click and byte we choose,
  the less we seem to learn

Our privacy we save as bait,
  the wolves set free to run

Stripped and naked, to live as prey,
  —our pasts now theirs to hunt

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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