instagram lies to me
and tells me
at the click of a button
i can ‘create’

ah if only it were that easy
and if it were
what terrors would we unleash
given the terrors we have unleashed

let us be content
as we seek to pleasantly present
a plate of delicacies served fresh;
a face after 600 attempts
at just the right angle;
or the horror of my loved one’s death
beneath the bombed out rubble
of another crumbling facade.

no need to make anew
when we could teach great Shiva
a dark and tortured thing or two