Fresh Mis-deliveries, Daily

In the era of analogue communications
being repetitive was never a problem
-relatives and neighbours used to repeat
themselves with each other all the time.

Then with the arrival of smartphones
and Facebook neighbours became more distant.
They were made more aware of how little
they had to say was fresh, original or new,
and how alike neighbours are to each other.  

Finally, I have understood how neighbourliness
works in the age of digital communications.
Facebook exists so that in small towns
where Amazon delivery men don't know
their way around and leave their parcels
on the wrong doorstep, Facebook is the way
to tell the intended recipient of the parcel
where to collect it from, given Amazon's failure.   

Living By One-Sided Communications

where the main condition with what we are offered
is disguised disengagement, then we should expect 
diminishing returns for our efforts to connect
 when the disguises fall away.

Facebook Is For Monkeys

If enough monkeys were given enough time
in front of a typewriter apiece that stored
and shared their data as they were wrote,
how long would they take to come up with Facebook?

And with hindsight how much would the net result
of their labour seem like coherent communication?