The Death of Density
Listen to this articleClickity, click, click
On the simple myth
Clickbait, clickbait
Why wait?
It’s a click or no?
A yes or a know?
Is that so?
What’s the difference really?
Spell check, spell check
Tell me that.
What to
Clickity, click, click?
We don’t want density
But simplicity.
I can click a life.
I just might
Download a woman here,
A man there
A click for a Clit
Or a click for Dick?
What’s the difference really?
One’s inside out, tucked in
Nicely done.
The other hanging out
While keeping it all in
Not a person really but a myth
An artifact that we
Clickity, click, click
To stop the pain.
If I can’t love you,
I will click yet another.
If we don’t agree
Simply delete.
Yes or no
It’s so?
We can find it all in a
Clickity, click, click
Except a smell,
A taste,
A touch,
Or a feel,
Or a feeling.
No, I want to be free
From destiny
Or is it density?
Spell check, spell check,
Which to clickity, click, click?
Malware, was that you?
What’s the difference really?
Earl Yarington was a professor and social worker. He taught literature and writing for nearly 20 years. As a social worker, Earl focused on human sexuality and child sexual abuse prevention by working with those at risk which included those with sex offenses, pedophilic disorder, dual diagnoses and other comorbid factors. Earl now writes literary fiction, poetry and non-fiction and often incorporates difficult subjects in his work.
He drives buses for a living.
