You won’t earn right livelihood
as a paid media specialist or growth hacker
a digital sales manager or performance marketer.
From the Buddhist perspective, I mean!
What sog our minds become
in this endless, hellish reel
where even positive affirmation becomes attachment—
Anxious, in my case.
The algorithm loves the illusion
loves the addiction
and targets me with
Cheating husbands caught in 4K.
But I still give it what it wants
and post my beautiful baby
with a heart emoji blocking his face
To keep the perverts away.
If it makes you feel better
influencers aren’t any closer to enlightenment
they (the Buddhists) say fame burns up your karma
so fast unless you live so right to replenish it.
Which I doubt any of us are
taking refuge in dopamine.