How Deep The Wishing Well

It Goes

how deep the wishing well
it goes                                                                                                                                                a coin is dropped                                                                                                                         it sinks below                                                                                                                          into the waiting hand                                                                                                         whose mouth it feeds                                                                                                              and lives                                                                                                                                      on others’ hopes and dreams

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Is the gold rush of the internet fading into myth, where snake oil salesmen backed by the gate keepers algorithm sells its dream?

Who of the few will succeed?

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Writing Prompt:

In what ways has the Web, or technology deceived you?

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