found alone

i watch their faces
as they note
the luminous marks
unborn eyes flit
scanner times interest

yes! they are icons
and when pressed
produce
backtraced data reward
it may be a regime

all of it is faux fruit
hanging from tree of
indifference
and while it pings
again & agian & again

my attention turns

to note reaction
not expected
it's like they
are scared, trapped

inside the thought of not being
inside a place
we all think we live in

a christmas of the immediate
in headlights that burn us
it holds all our futures

are you being lit ok love?
super troopers?
fanning you in forever spotlights
judging you as other children do?

what a star!
systemic reveal
these words may mean
zero point includes me
i can't miss out

i may have to jump
before i'm pushed
without thinking first
so i take step inside
to witness

and grasp nothing
but stale air
no reveal
no body found