0 & 1 run the world
The lowliest digits
The loneliest digits
It’s numbers of pictures
you post to reach one person,
and the one doesn’t see it.
it’s strange to try to reach
one person
through one-hundred strangers.
Too scared, to reach that
one person, in person.
There are a billion corners
to hide around.
If you happen to bump
into each other, you
might exchange buttons,
a vague sign of approval,
an empty heart
colored in red.
But no words exchanged
and no plans made.
The loneliness stays.
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