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Finding Paradise MAG

October 27, 2021
By sterlingpeters BRONZE, Salt Lake City, Utah
sterlingpeters BRONZE, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Welcome to the Mega Mall!

The ultimate optimal optical oasis

An unending amalgam of digital delirium

Each screen thinner than the next, wider than the next

Each shopper drooling with delight

 

Welcome to the Electronic Emporium!

The premier purchasing platform

Stocked with every brand in every size

Take a few more and we’ll throw in a prize

Each one flashier than the next, slimmer than the next

Each keyboard drooling with delight

 

Order and you won’t have to go outside

Find that jacket so your body can hide

Roll like water in the endless tide

In effortless acquiescence

 

Trading face time for FaceTime

Taking followers for friendship

Snapping photos and slo-mos and

Using filters as fillers for moments you forgot to live

 

Simulating each game without playing it

Texting each thought without saying it

And endlessly wondering

If you’re watching life without living it


The author's comments:

This piece is inspired by the often pernicious impact contemporary technology can have on society, and the way it threatens some of the fundamental aspects of humanity when taken to its logical extreme. The Mega Mall is just that: a satirical example of modern technology's influence on our daily lives.


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