a NEW America(n): dream 3.

i wasn’t born to be : alone

no matter how far you roam : novelty : curiosity : adventures of your wildest

that picture : perfect : plan

you you you : find : me me me

travel used to be the means : to understand what it means : to live like each other : be my skin

that was then

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now : here : can you take it for me : see : my camera made it better

airbrush, render, blend

generate perfection : make me look like this : unblemished proportions

the background needs a little trending : envy

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nah : it's too far : i saw : the reviews weren't good

one star : should have warned me : joy is earned

we took the wrong turn : i tried to ask for direction : all the right signs : gibberish : written in a foreign language

remain afraid : the resort is beautiful today : think i'll sit by the pool

luggage can't reach : gravel, cobblestone, stairs : dirt, mud, puddles : i didn't bring boots

clouds obscure the view : i hiked all this way to prove : life is good : came to experience : worth : care about my footprint

they told me : don't miss out : my camera roll returned : empty : left with less : to share : rude

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now change the irl me : i want to upgrade : this version

scalpel : incision : plastic : insertion

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i left my shoes behind : they won’t last : to fit who finds them next : kids knit those soles

insulate my bones from creation : glue my edge : dependency is weakness

i can be happy without anyone : hide my joy from those : who suffer : to wrap you in a world

softer softer soften

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shhhh…

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God speaks with silence : the Devil whispers

perspective is comforting : look away

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we don’t need each other : i have my money : house : career : fancy pixel places to buy new products

someone will create : and when they don’t the bots take over

we don’t need each other : i have my fun : stories : games : led fantasies help forget

someone will create : and when they don’t the bots take over

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what’s the point of being : bored

if daylight can be faked : let the sun explode today

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save us from our work : so we can be free : to consume

build : another one : another one : layer me : complexity is scary

hope was made for humans : now hope means : solve my problems

i hope programs can spell care with ones and zeros : decipher your wants from a prompt

“…”

“enter your response”

if it’s not too much : all i want : is happiness

that can’t be greed : we all agreed : happy was the answer : the final possibility

wishes were made for children: now wish means : to forget atrocity

take us now : kill the mother

father free us : from having to earn the next regret

fail for me

no no, i don’t want to know : mistake

make it perfect

so i won’t have to rush : towards my own demise

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time is torture : kill me first : i can’t be tasked with being : a witness to death : the image haunts me : i haven’t seen it yet : no i cannot visit : grandpa : looks like he lost the fight : the one which gifted me : my life : mine : does it matter much : he lost his hearing, sight : soon to be his touch : he might take his last breath : will that infect : the end feels contagious : that’s not a pretty vision for my future : the computer said it was fragrant, pleasant, fresh

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promise : i will tomorrow : when i have another chance

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a new start

A New America

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pick your side : hone the tip of your fence

guard the line : smile, wave, pretend : you are my neighbor

the enemy of my enemy is... me

mine mine first : define : win

co-migratory-habitants : feel insecure at home

find reasons : no : one belongs : one-ness used to be collective : individual powered god-like connection : hiveminds without a grounded queen

human means : the soul is in control

 is it appearance : what spotlight lets the movers swagger in the open : shadows

blame : a victim

They : Them

allegiance : to the program : can make it great again

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spineless : faceless

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rot pale in that reflection : fester on your cushion

let your sight concave : sunken

log on : listen : the outside is over : full : dangerous

we are the peak : this generation's tale is : downhill both ways : the days when winter had no snow

 roll : coast : easy is your friend

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don’t

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look inside : revolt

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(n): dream

3. A state of abstraction; a trance.

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break

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stumble : run : uphill isn't fun

wake : before the nightmare comes