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Surveillance

We all watch those who came before.

By Christopher ZacharyPublished 11 months ago 1 min read
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Surveillance
Photo by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash

You're on the spot and the show is you.

And everyone is watching too.

Your words recorded, Your thoughts online,

all will see what you do each time.

No modern marvel brought this to pass.

No Ill intent for something crass.

No hater out to make this day your last.

Just future generations who call you their past.

Look around and you will find

echos of those early times.

We surveil all from before,

and their mistakes we must endure.

So live like you are in their eyes.

Future lives your daily spies.

And what you do, do unashamed,

by living a life which can't be blamed.

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About the Creator

Christopher Zachary

Nuclear physicist by training, genetic analyst by practice, writer, book lover, and anachronism at heart.

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