If Hemingway was here today

If Hemingway

was here today

would he Instagram

his catch?

And dare you say

that Hemingway

was rotgut—

his defense?

Out on the bay

he’d fish and say

what pleasures

have a man?

His slow decay

here but a day

come then let’s see your stance!

Put up your dukes

and lace your boots,

a fight? No sir

let’s dance!

A Fond Ambivalence for Social Media.

It’s

a
fine art,

the
art
of following.

Choosing
that
precise moment

to
stop
is too, a work of art.

Like
a
thief in the night.

It
is
frankly, what separates

the
Doomed
from the Damned.

Like
a
self-congratulatory hand-job.

Sad
in
a way,

contagious
in
another.

An eye
for
an eye

with
no discernible
end.