HOMAGE TO THE SUPERFICIAL
Poem By: Billy Alsbrooks
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We’re tumbling
Slipping
Falling into a new era of black holes
Welcome to the darkness
Come worship
Pay homage to the superficial
Come worship
Just for fifteen minutes
Come worship
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Here
Here A.I. seeks to fill our voids
Her aim is to steal
Steal all that remains
Her aim
Her aim is to steal all that remains
Come worship
Just for fifteen minutes
Come worship
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How do we build a life with meaning, when life has none?
How do we finish a race, when that race has already been run?
Welcome to the darkness
The light died yesterday
Welcome to the darkness
They’re playing us
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Life is a performance
A blind performance where the deep fake is real
And the real we embody is a deep fake
Come worship
Just for fifteen minutes
Come worship
Pay homage to the superficial
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Nothing is as though it seems
They’re playing us
Nothing is as though it seems
They’re framing us
When will the sleeping awake?
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No clothes
The peasants have no clothes
But the greatness is eternal
Counterfeit designer robes
Come worship
Just for fifteen minutes
Come worship
The king shall have his revenge
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We’re tumbling
Slipping
Falling into a realm of emotional black holes
Welcome to the darkness
There’s a million just like you
Yes
There’s a million just like you
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How can dead people learn to live again?
How can those alive die to things that mean nothing?
Welcome to the darkness
The light died yesterday
Welcome to the darkness
They’re framing us
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Here
A.I. seeks to be our God
Yet more and more, we aim to be adored
Yet more and more, we aim to be adored
Come worship
Just for fifteen minutes
Come worship
Pay homage to the superficial
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Capitalists
Communists
We all bow to algorithms
Fascists
Terrorists
We all bow to algorithms
Welcome to the darkness
Come worship
Just for fifteen minutes
Come worship
When will the sleeping awake?
Homage to the superficial…
