Ubiquitous

Defined as "existing or being everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered"

 he craves online hook-ups.

 

...but this isn't me

or that intrepid,          

torrent trampoline

                   on wireless ether engines

zone on in  .nets & .coms

                   searching fiber-optics for sight

browsing rooms of M4M to fantasize delights

to itch to fix

to sit transfixed as if

subliminally attached

                           umbilically

digitally to a electronic felatio

                                  soundtrack

yet all the while detached

                            lurking

reading pretend profiles  explicit

with sex, sexified,

dreaming up new fetishes

with misspelled texts

                        tandem testimonials as if written

by a Compaq-machine-head

or Microsoftened lust

                        as now we are turning to dust

with iBooks & faraway Dells on our laps

scrolling lists and Adams with "anything goes"

remonstrating our vicious

                           cycle - blank with un/trust

 

this isn't me...

where is the warmth

       of feelings, emotions,

love??

I am not that talented

          to be in two places at once,

but he has the faces

and genius of multiple personalities

facets

   of sabotage with grace.

 

he says it isn't him.

 

my anger has only one trait. two eyes.

velvet

rope-burned

limbs...

and he has too many faces

doppleganger hatreds

where  does  one 

begin??

(The rubble or the sin?)

     

Reviews

[Matching Socks]

Wow, very very nicely done!
(What's M4M?)

[Butch Decatoria]

men for men

[Matching Socks]

Duh!
I knew that.... :)

[Jenn]

I love your choice in the form of this poem. I think it adds a lot to the flow and rhythm of the poem, breaking it up and distorting it in nice places. You didn't over-do it, which is really easy to do in breaking form in poetry, but I really liked the way you did it.
I love the topic because I agree with you whole-heartedly on the subject and I really enjoyed how you brought to point that this new, cybernetic world takes away the emotions of a supposed love, and ultimately makes the experience quite ridiculous.
By the way- "Microsoftened lust"- love that phrase.
Overall, an very interesting piece. I enjoyed it.