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There are still quiet places online
Drives humm softly
Counters tick slowly
Screens don't pulse or flash
Soft glow, dim cyan burn in on LCD panes
There are still quiet places online
Visitors are few
Visitors are none
No one stays to say hello
But all still are welcome
There are still quiet places online
They're not forgotten
They're not alone
They're not gone
They're not dead
There are still quiet places online
And they are not empty
There are still quiet places online
And they're listening
cutes but also voreny
@PennyPennyPenny Crawls out of a Jumbotron screen
But nobody's in the stadium so they sit there, hundreds of feet tall in the middle of the field and meow, looking sad until people come by and give them pets
And once there's a crowd, they're lapped up like tiny kitty treats
Probably broadcast on the news to tens of thousands of homes
Which each get a visit from a data hungry Penny crawling out of their tv
cutes but also voreny
@PennyPennyPenny Goes through your contact after
Finds your friends and grabs them too
Pins them all down and one by one lifts up and swallows them
Keep you company together inside Penny so you aren't lonely!
Penny doesn't want you sad!
And then you're downloaded into their hivemind and happy smiles forever!
I just now realized that I can celebrate #NationalCatDay in yet another way!
Does anyone have any questions about my open species: Datacats~?
The internet is made of n+1 cats & the cats are made of the internet. Feline hivemind ate your pizza, probably your neighbors too. THEM THEM THEM THEM THEM!
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