how many diamonds rest on the necks of white women?
is it enough to carry the weight of a hollowing earth?
birds seem less cheerful, dogs seem the usual amount
of cheer requisite for the position, people less so
we wear a mask even when we don’t—you know it,
the whole world knows it, we have a word for it: fear
how much space can an individual fill in an endless online?
why are there so many ways to react but only one blue check
to say I am the most real out there, living my best life, lief
enough to have millions of avatars, all of them (us) scrolling