The Hyper-Medial Existence Horror

By Sudeep Adhikari

The modern man lives, on the threshold

of being and abyss, hanging weight 

of the entire globe by his teeth,

in his smartphone mother internet.

Everything is hyperlinked

and sensitive to touch, but not him.

Deep-dreaming in Google, he tries to solve

the myth and math of life;

Wikipedia Reddit meditations,

and cyberpunk simulations. Bitcoins can buy

crazy-ass happiness in deep-web

when your reality is all videodromed,

and your "Self" is nothing more

than some bits of  information. You, Sir,

you are so fucked, you can't even go mad.

Sudeep Adhikari, from Kathmandu, Nepal, has professionally a PhD in Structural-Engineering. He lives in Kathmandu with his wife and family and works as an Engineering-Consultant.  His poetry has found places in many online literary journals/magazines, the recent being Kyoto (Japan), Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), Red Fez (USA), Zombie Logic Review (USA), and Uneven Floor (Australia).