Attention Dependency

a self-help book revolution

blankets the population,

those without a problem

try so hard to fashion 

a mental health crisis

when it’s nothing more 

than hypochondriac sickness,

parasocial attention

is their medicine

they require 

no skin-on-skin 

connection,

thought extinguishers,

carelessly engaged 

starve us all of oxygen,

fast and witty wordplay

creates competition 

between ‘apparent’

psychological conditions,

celluloid composition

provides a template 

for drama prospectors 

to openly panhandle 

their nonsensical commentary, 

therapy 

is 

the 

latest 

accessory,

we’ve got an 

“advocate for mental health” 

a 

liar 

who 

pushes 

their 

subscriber 

count 

higher

with tales of a war-torn mind,

the mortally wounded

can’t speak of their breakages

they bury them deep inside

they don’t care to curate lies,

to monetise their duplexity,

therapy 

is 

the 

latest 

accessory,

for those 

with 

attention dependency