the metaverse is not a technology
it is the clicking fingers of lonely kids
reaching out for each other
our best effort to have a place where
we're all together
we’re all in it together
i was unstuck and out of the ingroup
i found a buzzing hive of brilliant worker bees
making art that becomes
there were others there who could not stick, either
we met at our own lunchtable
it was real in a way that school wasn't
we chose our own names
we made our own avatars
we saw each other
as we had always wanted to be seen
the metaverse is
finding your people
finding your place
finding your self
and sometimes it is
getting on a plane to meet a new friend
the metaverse is not a technology
it is a collective longing
pulling on everything that comes next