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Neuronaut

Pay bandwidth, n00b.

You don’t just jack in and walk these pathways;

Can’t take a pleasant stroll along the router routes

Or nice trips home to the motherboard.

No.

You go in unprepared,

You’ll be cached out and on downtime

Before you can say ‘gig’,

Too bloatwared to dip those walls of fire.

Slackface and blockchopped.

You ping me?

Don’t be blinded by the neon on the pave;

Stay no-face,

And keep your veed tight.

But you can goggle me hatting all you like –

It won’t help you in the nowhere-everywhere.

You gotta deepdive and survive on your own.

Do your grind,

Prep your rig,

Jack in,

And sail those lightrails

Through the fizz-fabric of n-e-where.

It’s a ‘zing ride.

It takes strong circuits.

That’s why I’ve got this ‘gear in my head.

You’ll need ‘hancing, too.

#BreakingBard

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Bio:

AJ is an actor-poet who lives in East Anglia with his writer-musician wife and two cats. A self-proclaimed geek and lover of RPGs, he writes SFF poetry as the #BreakingBard, and particularly enjoys the philosophical nature of Sci-Fi and the inherent humanity of Fantasy.

T: @aj_deane

I: @ajdeaneactor

Blog (poetry and SFF book reviews): ayjaypagefarerbookblog

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