Data Privacy Day (28 January) inspired me to write a eulogy for privacy, given the fact that various US government agencies are monitoring and storing most of the interactions I have with electronic devices of all types.
dearly beloved-
i am writing these lines
to remember privacy
how as a child
privacy let me leave my mistakes behind
and learn better-
false steps only a skin i shed
how as a boy
privacy let me leave those lurid obsessions
in twisted imagination-
future employers ignorance benefit
how as a man
privacy let me leave hateful
unkind weakness in its time-
beautiful present moment
now as a database record
each statement stumble stutter
saved in digits-
weapons against my self
so now let us bow our heads
and await the appearance of
the new liberation spirit!
Data Privacy Day (28 January) inspired me to write a eulogy for privacy, given the fact that various US government agencies are monitoring and storing most of the interactions I have with electronic devices of all types.
dearly beloved-
i am writing these lines
to remember privacy
how as a child
privacy let me leave my mistakes behind
and learn better-
false steps only a skin i shed
how as a boy
privacy let me leave those lurid obsessions
in twisted imagination-
future employers ignorance benefit
how as a man
privacy let me leave hateful
unkind weakness in its time-
beautiful present moment
now as a database record
each statement stumble stutter
saved in digits-
weapons against my self
so now let us bow our heads
and await the appearance of
the new liberation spirit!