11 April 2025

Invasion

Everyone has heard every joke.
Everyone knows every fact.

All the stories are familiar to
Everyone and trivial knowledge 
Of a person is no surprise.

The reels and long streaks
Of scrolling have pounded 
Our heads in n out into a
Submission and there's 
No space for new music.

Everything looks hopelessly 
Familiar. Everything sounds 
Familiarly heard.

Where are the age-old
Storyteller? Where's that 
One person in the group who 
Knew all the dirty jokes?

Do we still have a someone 
Who brought all the unfamiliar 
Gossip from distant lands? 

Did every distinct character
Of a group got dissipated 
Into an influencer with
Millions of followers online?

Has the Internet killed it 
For us this early?

The distinct stories we were
All supposed to be- slowly 
Heading into a singularity.

Soon every tongue is 
Gonna be bleached.
Every personality will be
A giant monochrome.

All languages will fade into 
The monotone of English,
Our dreams will be coded
By a big corporation and-

We'll have to skip ads to
Have access our crude 
Thoughts.