Dan Power: ‘Terminally Online’ and ‘Walking simulator’

Terminally Online

for @volvicstorm98

The absolute nerve of these trolls
telling me to “screenshot time” –
4 hrs sleeping, 8 hrs working,
12 hrs rotting in bed…
we all live in it. What I had ASSUMED though was
ur just seeing the worst version of humanity.
At the end of the day I was deluding myself.
There’s no grass left to touch,
I’ve felt like this for at least a year.
You’re forced to scan an awful code,
it doesn’t work, and the reaction is
to break your legs on purpose.                               
We were in the trenches for years,
pontificating into wind,
while memes like this make up blatant lies.
My 15yo self deciding not to investigate
a horrible/cursed thought.
You commit to the bit, go to prison,
it’s calm. You can do whatever you want

Walking simulator

you are in a field

you are in a room

you step into a lift and float through the ceiling

you see the clouds beneath you

you reach the second floor

you are following a river

at the end of the corridor you see a door

you push the branches to one side

you are welcomed into the meeting

the trees are staring blankly

the walls all shed their bark