I have today avoided social media
as a form of quiet protest.
I have been dodging the current events
and living in subtle style
to stay away from the hurtful rhetoric
and the harmful decisions
and the warlike attitudes
and the awful art being made all around us.

No Facebook.
No Twitter.
No Instagram
or Tinder or PoF
or MySpace or Friendster.
I’ve been alone
surrounded only by reality
hard and concrete
and
I look forward to my self-imposed exile
ending.

Soon
I will re-enter the world
and hear of the things I missed
and how civilization passed me by
and know more of the trending terms
and horrible speeches
and gaffes made by the hateful eight
and much more.

I will cease my boycott of techno-society
and become one
with those around me
and be always remember
that the origins of my media embargo
was because because I was told to
by someone on my Facebook feed.