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Virtual peace is a tempest
Filter flipped image betrays
Surreal people can tempt us
Validity is a mirrored maze

Fake befriends us flimsily
Roller coaster emotion cued
Midday in minutes celebrity 
A million likes acrewed

Instagram's grimy agenda - 
Tempting tid bits to imbibe
Sponsor is content moulder
Trends with which to abide

Facile images wrap wanting 
In flashy eyesore cellophane 
White smile wide so taunting 
Sells prettied desires innane

Improved self hovers inticingly
Unscrupulous spruker won't refute
Product spin drips like rotisserie 
Placed tastiest low hung fruit

Bamboozled by the beautiful 
Venommed vast eyed viewers 
Suck insta famous inflated ramble
Screen sheen sugar allures




13th August 2020

Copyright © Sigrid Ermine | Year Posted 2020

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Shane Thacker Date: 10/1/2024 9:30:00 AM Wonderful poem, Sigrid. I especially like the lines 'bamboozled by the beautiful, venomned vast eyed viewers.' Great job! Login to Reply

Nad Simon Date: 8/25/2020 6:18:00 AM Your rhyming is perfect throughout this pen and adds to the cynicism of vanity, materiality and advertisement. Awesome. Login to Reply Sigrid Ermine Date: 8/25/2020 5:31:00 PM Cheers. Madness, are we all ready for it??

John Gondolf Date: 8/14/2020 9:59:00 AM It seems there is so much information being spread virtually these days that the lines between real and fake, between reality and fantasy have become very blurred. I'm not sure anyone really knows what the truth is. Nicely stated, Sigrid. Hugs, John Login to Reply Sigrid Ermine Date: 8/14/2020 3:49:00 PM A brave new world, indeed! Thank you for the read, John.