THE ECHO
“Popular Emptiness”
Author(s): Cassis Auctoritatis
Collection: The Echo, Poetry,
ROLLING DIGITAL RELEASE, Vol. 2022-D
Published: Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 10:52 PM GMT-5
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Popular Emptiness
By Cassis Auctoritatis
(an erasure poem made from 21 different Yik Yak posts)
All this talk about █████████████████ the algorithm of life ███████████████ █████████████████ but ████ some of the questions ████████████ are almost impossible to answer █████████ How do I determine whether I've cross the line ███ ███████████████ ?
The messed up memories we made together are being destroyed to make space for ████
█████████████ the universe █ sending ██ a sign ██████ that ████████████ █████ the world in not gonna end
████████████████████ the world is not gonna end
Why ████████ does anyone ██ fear ███████████████████████████████ ██████████ ? Your city is insane ███████████ and ███ You ████████████ ██████████████████ are █████████████ fighting for your life ███████ ████
You █████████████████████████████████ are ████ universally █████ and ██████████████ violently alone █████ with ████████████████████ an abomination ███████████████ barreling towards you. You don't feel anything
██████ not even ███████████████████████ fear █o█n█ly █████a██████ feel ████ing ██████████████ like ███ drowing ███ in the lake.
Go to sleep it will Be there in the morning