Warfare of the Brain

How privileged a static box is!

He finally prefers to blind its vision--

By Jove! His hand comforts the screen -

A crimson button and an infrared zap -

Executing reruns of bitten buildings

And mauled men manifested in 3-D:

Wakeful nights that infected waking days.

He instead acknowledges glassy floaters,

The drone of an arrhythmic pulse dead-set on

Broadcasting to the plagued masses its season

Finale: “Hey Lord, you know I’m tired…” (Labrinth and Zendaya, 2022)

How forsaken an okneo box is!

okneo – to be unwilling, taken from Ocnus – the personification of wasted life in unsuccessful efforts

Labrinth and Zendaya, “I’m Tired”, Track 1 on Euphoria Season 2 (An HBO Original Series Soundtrack), Interscope Records, 2022, Spotify