Deactivate

While I was scrolling,

shocked and bored,

I came upon the news

of your departure

from this ailing place,

from which you chose

‘deactivate’,

While out my door

and down the street:

deflated bodies,

empty meat,

a running dog on trailing leash

was free to roam but not released

From gravity and malady

and sheer corporeality,

anatomy in disrepair

catastrophe in open-air.

They’re telling me:

Ascend the stair!™

eternity in betaware.

While you’re awaiting your result

allow me to present an ultimatum:

either save this place

or opt out and deactivate

before your body’s obsolete

abandon ship, reserve your seat.

But if you transfer incomplete,

do not refresh, do not delete

Your treasury of memory,

your tendency for reverie.

Diffuse your being everywhere:

a remedy beyond compare.

Be not afraid,

do not be scared

to swiftly cross that thoroughfare

O take my hand, I’ll take you there:

eternity in betaware.