121 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 13 Nov \ on: The Internet's Underwater Cables videos
I wrote a poem once about this concept. Being a vulnerable nerd now to share it. Don't actually read this though
If this was 1822 I’d call across
green seas for you, moaning my love
in a solemn, dark, torrential note,
like the light of the moon was
curated by you.
It is 2020, regretfully.
I could call across cell towers
or the inky black cords
bridging the world at the
depths of the ocean
because I think that’s the internet.
In the night every night
you won’t hear it but
they’re calling, probably
transmitting blurry photos
of a moon to an admirer
by way of the highway of
heavy machinery
settled in the deep.