Your Own Eye, Their Worm

Your own eye, their worm; 
stuck there, what are you waiting for?

Once in the mud of the screens,
it’s not the world
but the swamp instead
you’ve got at your fingertips. 

Your own eye, their worm;
stuck there, what are you waiting for? 

Man or woman,
work or a weekend:
“Doesn’t know, doesn’t answer.”
Yes or a no,
black or white.
The answer we did
know long before. 
Press over there,
and then click here ...
Don’t forget the passwords!
Accept all cookies.

Erase the history,
skip the small print,
if you’re a robot or not
is what you’ve got to prove.

Your own eye, their worm;
stuck there, what are you waiting for? 

Where your hand is, there’s the mouse,
their hook in your pupil:
they’ve sunk that hook in your eye ...
Now they’re going off fishing,
whistling on the way, 
now they’re going off fishing,
whistling on the way ...

Your own eye, their worm,
stuck there, what are you waiting for? 

Manipulazio estrategiak (*Zart, 2020)