Virtual Envy

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I breathe emptiness, self-loathing

I have no shame

The lurgy of social media

They call me Envy by name

 

Inspired by a narrative

A virtual reputation

I’m curating your persona

Your online conversation

 

Your voyeuristic scrolling

Makes my work a breeze

I lure you into greener grass

With simplicity and ease

 

The untrue Insta’ images

Propaganda Photoshopped

Your lips are not as plump as hers

Your bottom surely cropped

 

Your friends are posting pictures

At a party, at the Louvre

They’re on the go, they’re moving up

Come on, what about you?

 

Their children are so beautiful

Their avatar’s so bright

You need to check your styling

Get your camera angles right

 

Will you share your nakedness

A digital incarnation

Get more “likes”, win more hearts

Self-imagination

 

Sign-up, log-in, fake-news

Because everybody lies 

Compare your friends on Facebook

Happiness in disguise