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i was born in the age of mass surveillance.
"god is always watching."
there have always been hidden, invisible pairs of eyes on me.
"of course i found out. you can't hide anything from me."
there is always, somewhere, a camera documenting my every move.
"be careful how you present yourself online."
has my presence ever really been offline?
i have been positioned, photographed, costumed and and filmed since i was a noticable lump within my mother's womb. i have been documented, edited, stitched, captioned, uploaded, watched, commented on, shared, sold, exploited, degraded, praised, liked, and debated for every moment of my life. and it began before i could even develop enough brain matter density to understand it.
so much of my entire life exists, scattered among the infinite sea of human data.
the uniquities of my soul and the keys to my purpose have been chiseled one by one from the edges of my skull, compressed into coin files and taken away, a digital currency i will never get to spend, and will never get back.