What makes flesh – flesh?
What else flows – like blood?
To what end – either – in a digital world?
I look at the profile I’ve concocted,
my self-rendered, global doppelganger,
and only recognize a spurious form of me
as if I’m staring at a photograph of myself
taken from an obtuse angle.
Yet I do not despair – the soul
has never been an accessible medium.
Michael S Marsters 
Very nice.
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As are you for saying so 🙂
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What a wonderful gentle sense of humour in this, together with a universal truth.
A good start to my Sunday morning
David
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Was partially inspired by how you write on this one…
Thank you, David 🙂
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Michael, so true. The soul is only accessible as a one-way street… pouring out. No one has access to the depths within. Lovely, quirky write, and great commentary on those FB identities we create. Just don’t give them your real birthdate! Peace, Amy
http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/impromptu-for-marques/
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Thank you, Amy 🙂
I think a pertinent contrast for Facebook is that you can’t “let people in” but you can “let it out”…
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Its not you , but a part of you ! 🙂
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Like a second skin perhaps…
🙂
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What a wonderful contemplation on what one does…and doesn’t…reveal on FB!
Wonderful, witty and profond…in a few well chosen words!
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Thank you, Ms. Denton 🙂
I thought it an interesting challeneg to try to articulate Facebook succinctly…
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🙂 To be or not 2b on fb, I am not always sure why we bother! 🙂 I liked the poem, thanks for the smile!
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That is exactly the question 🙂
And thank you, Ina…
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This is why I am STILL delaying posting a photo of myself (no matter how flattering or indicative of how I work as a writer,etc.) on FB! My soul is put into my words everyday as I write and is incapable of being captured by a camera. You are SO correct! Thank you for the good phrases on this post.
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I tend to go by avatar for the same reason (which is a family of ducks on FB)…Better people focus on your words than your appearance which you’ll always be unfairly judged for…
Thanks 🙂
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The FB of flesh and blood…..liked that Michael….
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Thank you much 🙂
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I very much like this! And how true it is, too. The soul can be as inaccessible in real life as it is online. And these lines can be just as apt in real life:
“and don’t recognize myself well as if I’m staring at a photograph of myself
taken from an obtuse angle.”
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In a way, social networking profiles are just glorified photographs…with a little more info added…but still they don’t capture the true essence of a person…
Thank you 🙂
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This is so true and deep. How everyone has created a beautiful illusion of their lives on social media, that we hardly get to know the real and important.
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There’s that old Andy Warhol line about everyone having their fifteen minutes of fame…It seems that social media has created a new form of celebrity…One that’s very tabloid-y in my thinking…
At any rate, thank you for the generous compliment 🙂
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