Low Battery

Old photos. A cushion crooked on a chair.
Signs conspire and question.
Smiley faces, 'low battery', AI creeping in.

Which side of the rehearsal am I on?

The playdate principle or the drone's view;
floating above highways and islands,
seeing the plan. Godlike in two dimensions.

'Death is a gift'
Jeffrey Dahmer drinking plasma,
far more horrifying than severed heads.
So insouciant, (sauce, saucy, soupy, loopy).
How does the word influence the thing?

Old friends I do not recognize
ask to be my FB friend.
The word 'guess' is suddenly foreign and unknown.
Am I losing it?
Fatso in the foyer mirror, is that me?