Surface Web

Bitter from the holy snarl

of lithium circuits running,

bearing up green placid fur

and skyscapes chucking blue

Sparing not the child wicked

lit from liquid crystal,

spoiling the rod electric

the keystrokes all remembered

Deep Web

Voice distorts to flaming vowels

the promises of youth,

behind each sliding glass of lies

a truth that’s less agrestic

Terabytes like ocean miles

the whitenoise waves sing out,

“Barren is the hi-tech frontier

so manifest and take it"

Jake Sweet is an author and poet from Cincinnati, Ohio. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in a variety of publications a list of which can be found by visiting him online at www.jakesweetwriting.tk.