Stafford Gregoire<p>I have been finagled into thinking <br>That somehow my opinion matters <br>& these thoughts might keep the world from sinking <br>($ocial ₩edia my psyche batters)<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HeadlinePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadlinePoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PhilosophyPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyPoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-feud-timeline-posts.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">6/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-feud-timeline-posts.html</span></a></p>
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Stafford Gregoire<p>Rorschach or Rothko cities’ abatement <br>Is a grim abstract expressionism <br>Addiction is an awful compartment <br>To sweep all the less<br>Fortunate within <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HomelessnessPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomelessnessPoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ModernArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModernArt</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@whitney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whitney</span></a></span> <br>@MoMa <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AbstractExpressionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbstractExpressionism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Rothko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rothko</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Rorschach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rorschach</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>Social Media enables anger<br>Also vexation, judgement, lust & shame<br>To our souls we become a stranger<br>(Unregulated business is to blame)<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a>?<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UnrestrictedCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnrestrictedCapitalism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/odaat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odaat</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>Social Media enables anger<br>Also vexation, judgement, lust & shame<br>To our souls we become a stranger<br>(Unregulated business is to blame)<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a>?<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UnrestrictedCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnrestrictedCapitalism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/odaat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odaat</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>Unfortunately we live in a mill<br>That transforms people’s humanity<br>Into something akin to a clerks bill<br>For wanton profitability <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HeadlinePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadlinePoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HeadlineSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadlineSonnet</span></a>? <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PeaceInGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeaceInGaza</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>My insensible desire to matter<br>Beyond the limits of my family<br>An unfortunate desire to scatter<br>My opinions as a homily <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a>?</p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>Existence’s bright fragility <br>Sparkles continuously in plain view<br>Highlighting our inability <br>To make humanity’s dreams come true<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a>?</p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>Fetishized alcohol won’t<br>Satisfy; it will just the drunk taunt<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Couplet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Couplet</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/odaat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>odaat</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>Existence today is tyrannical <br>Let nobody alive doubt this at all<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HeadlineSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadlineSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/couplet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>couplet</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PhilosophySonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophySonnet</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>We are in a thresher or meat grinder<br>All being fed into Soylent Green<br>Observe profit shares as a reminder<br>(Luxury is meant to others demean)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HeadlineSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadlineSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PhilosophySonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophySonnet</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>But emendments needn’t be personal<br>Though they will eventuálly all be<br>Make individuals devotional<br>(As long as they play obediently)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HeadlineSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadlineSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PhilosophySonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophySonnet</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>Most of the plans for human improvement <br>Involve somebody’s diminution <br>Because of some sort of punitive lent <br>(These are the byproducts of ambition)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HeadlineSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadlineSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PhilosophySonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophySonnet</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>The mythical unending progress<br>That’s colonialism’s byproduct <br>Is consumerism’s true interest<br>This Capitalism does us instruct <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AndySinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndySinger</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HamsterWheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamsterWheel</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialInventory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialInventory</span></a></p>
Stafford Gregoire<p>This reality hates the stillnesses<br>That are inconvenient to businesses <br>This should trouble decent consciousnesses<br>No inconsequential existences </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfieSonnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfieSonnet</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfiePoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfiePoem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialInventory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialInventory</span></a></p>
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