Daily (E. E. Cummings–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton.

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O my small bright screen

who art (somewhere) between
everywhere & nowhere—
bless
this fragile / flickering / self
logging in (again)

teach me to
un-click what harms
un-see what wounds
un-say what cannot be un-said

let passwords be
little secret prayers
difficult & tender
guarding the (quiet) rooms
of my soul

deliver me from
the easy scroll
the soft addiction of “just one more”
the crowded loneliness of being
always-connected-never-known

and grant me the courage
to power down
to look up
to remember that
I am more
than any profile
any feed
any glowing window

for in the end
when batteries die
and signals fall silent
love (still) signs in

with no need
of blue truth

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [E. E. Cummings] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [E. E. Cummings], and should not be taken as his real views or words.”


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