Free Verse Episode 7: Poetry Volume


Memes





There is nothing not seen,
so every thing is found 
like a smudge on your nose
in the middle of a conversation.

A picture is worth a thousand
Comments
Likes
Fandoms
Ships
Anything that is 1 or 2 
       Syllables and catches on.

The world is a stage,
And you will photograph
        Write about
                 Comment
                 Tweet
                 It,
As if there is a story
            Within
                    A story
Within someone’s post.


We are known for one thing:
taking a photo
          Clip art
          GIF
And making it our own.

In our world, 
you are not 
unheard.

You are, we are,

All of us, 

Writers
Poets
Nerds
Geeks
Every stereotypical person
Until we are not.

We are not our stereotypes. 
Who do we tell this?
We cannot.
So we do what we can:
we satirize
    create
    decide
who we will be.

Why do we feel compelled to
Reuse
And recycle?
Because we can’t reduce
The creativity.
Everything is already used.
We just use it in a different way.

Ours is a generation of
Thinkers
Who imagine
In extraordinary ways,
But may not always make sense.

Until you meme it.




---KatG


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