thin veils
the rules are simple: you can't have sex
and because i'm paranoid,
i check my e-mail, it's important to double-check
and because i'm stoned,
a good idea to conduct this search is doomed from the start
because only the bad ideas are awake this time --
though there's a moral right
and technically
a moral wrong
but technically
Someone In Charge
leaked it
though Someone In Care
sent a playlist in an e-mail
i'm allowed to receive e-mails
but technically
i sent the Reply
hyperlinked,
an e-mail hiding the blog post underneath,
pockets of intimate corners of the internet
i even checked the links to the academic articles
i even reported them as broken
i'm keeping the Reply professional
i'm allowed to have friends
but then comes the Response --
an invitation hiding the dare underneath,
the information is in the signature
but technically
even if i didn't send the text,
i did send my number back
i'm keeping the Reply professional
i'm allowed to have friends
but then comes the Hallucination --
the diversion separating fantasy and reality,
the division between the moral right and the moral wrong
but technically
a thin veil flickers between
a moral right
with the phantom thread fastened to
some moral wrong