Origins of this Endless Scrolling By Suzan Kantanzi Amumpaire
Samsara, the cycle of life !
The concept makes human purpose so feeble.
We take breathe and feed,
Get education and read,
We seek a greater purpose anyway we can
Politics, narcotics all eventually leading to psychosis.
But ohh! we have done it this time!!
It all started as ARPANET,
A US Department of defence project,
A fortified creation of communication designed to outlive the annihilation of nuclear bombs.
Therefore it’s birth was to spearhead destruction.
And from the beginning of time it has been known,
That the clay that creates you, gives you purpose,
You can’t blame a snake for it’s venomous bite,
Or a skunk for it’s eye watering stench.
Like wise , ARPANET was created to spearhead destruction
And somehow it slithered it’s way out of war into society, into our homes
Reborn as the well loved INTERNET!
We all cannot live without it ,can we?
It has created it’s roots within our very veins,
That I could skip lunch and buy a data bundle.
You may domesticate a snake,
Feed it, pet it, love it and maybe it may even love you back,
But it’s nature defeats all other purposes!
if it’s true maker sees fit, it will bite, hasn’t it always ?
Beware of that thing we stare at all night and day
Endless scrolling into an abyss.
Beware of this thing that has so much power on us.
If knowledge is truly power, then it may be the only chance we have.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kantanzi Suzan Amumpaire is a student at the Ugandan Christian University. A lover of stories,poems, music and art.
