Daily (Allen Ginsberg–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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Lord,

I have seen the best minds

of my generation

lost in the glow—

scrolling, frantic,

hungry for a hit

of someone else’s life.

Teach me to howl

without destroying,

to expose the madness

of this wired Babylon

without letting it

devour my own sanity.

Protect me from becoming

another prophet of outrage

with a broken compass—

all volume,

no vision.

Guard my searches

from the spiral

of loneliness and rage

that algorithms love.

Give me the courage

to name the machines

that feed on attention,

the empires that harvest

our private prayers

for profit.

And yet,

show me also

the small, bright corners—

poems shared at midnight,

voices long silenced

finding one another

through the static.

Let my stewardship

of this electric scripture

be wild but awake:

a refusal to pretend

all is well,

and a refusal to surrender

the possibility

of mercy

in the middle of the noise.

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

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