Poetry from the Future: “You Will Click Here Now” by Wes Civilz

Click here now. Click this glowing button now
And mute the news and pause the videos
And watch the calendar expand anew
With layered glitchy dummy text imposed.
Now kill all calendar events (deleting
Events brings all to front). Expand. Repeat.
Recurring weekly thing. Click. Oops. Repeating
Event goes daily now so go complete
Your 3D printed poem fast, before
The algorithmic flesh you have allowed
To rot begins to smell. Pics. Nudes. Learn more.
Are you a human. Glitches in the cloud.
New password. Play your game now. Memberships.
Your projects, downloads. Metadata. Tits.

Wes Civilz lives next to a dusty cactus in Tucson, Arizona. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as The Threepenny ReviewThe North American Review, and New Ohio Review. He posts writing-oriented videos on Instagram under the handle @wes_civilz.

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