It Was The Height of Streaming

It was the height of streaming,
it was the curse of buffering,
it was the age of hot takes,
it was the age of hot messes,
it was the era of double taps,
it was the era of double standards,
it was the season of selfies,
it was the season of screen fatigue,
it was the spring of influencers,
it was the winter of unfollowing,
we had twelve apps open before us,
we had zero focus before us,
we were all headed toward algorithmic nirvana,
we were all auto-sorted into existential oblivion.
Across all platforms, it was obvious to Capitalist
guardians of viral traps and government memes,
that everything was absolutely, irrevocably trending.