We use "thank you"
here, and smiley faces.

We wear sweatpants,
sweated in, bulging,
unapologetic, but
conceal these errant
defects in public places.

We consume screens,
electrical data, this
should go here, but
double-check it.
Isn't it hurting
not just hands,
but eyes, and which
is worse?
Global labor displaces
pretty much everyone
these days.

Give me a rhyme, sweet child.
Sweet child in my heart,
give me a laugh.
Our bitters warming
the cockles;
jagged and well-earned
pessimism, well-learned;
the toil of tonics,
don't you burn up.

Stock up on Tums.