h2>Dating : Poem: Modern Dating
fracturing identities through dating apps
through the looking glass she sees, a fractured reflection
as she wants to be perceived, her image shredding
face first in the blur of two double-stacked lenses:
both clouded, as if in time, sedimented
·
the gaze of prospective partners
under her own gaze cast
oversight on both parts
each plays a role to match
·
who do they become
while searching for each other?
what identities do we shed
on the hunt for a lover?
·
surveilling ourselves through
the eyes of the othered; a-b
testing displays to find the
perfect ‘for us’ partner
·
what is it about being alone, that
drives your heart away from home
& right into the arms of another?
