S.C. FLYNN

Tinnitus

A sound no one else in the world can hear
that may not even exist at all,
a transmission to an exoplanet.

Perfect lines of poetry recited
in a language you knew before you were born
but will never again remember.

The most wonderful story of all
that you cannot begin to understand
told just to you by a million voices.

Endless chatbot hallucinations,
a plagiarism machine recording
everything an amnesiac forgot.