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A 'like' here

short comment there

sinking dopamine deeply into my brain

feeling blanketed with praise

I used to return the favor to you

in such an excitable, nervous state

but my dearest social media vixen

active livelihood decays

and regurgitates distain

on cretinous replay

when you ghost me again

and again

and again

This used to feel like mixed signals

but with the persistent rejection of my sigil

I realize

the idealized

warmth emanating from you

is actually distorted with a muddled filter

where eager access and faux-intrigue

regarding me

remain secondary

almost ashamedly

locked in your cranial basement

while the smile on your face was meant

for the 'better' men with pomp to flaunt

to bark and drool at your stunning facade

from the glass window of your

keenly-draped department store display haunt

Moving forward

either my vitriol is deserved, or it is not

but I only see now

my perceptions of truth merely emerge from limited snapshots

so please take note to know

I'm not writing this to bend your free will

or damage your convictions, confidence, or heart's capacity to fill

...I just...thought everything of you.

and I believed in something that could have worked between us

but I see the tires treading my noble course of action

are stamped by hand with classiness for proper traction

so I'll take the appropriate measures to regroup in time

recoup in kind

and remain mindful of how sour grapes ferment into rancid whines