overshare in poetry

When I was a child,
I was told I “over-shared” my emotions.
It was unhealthy to spill all my secrets
for anyone who would listen
my hopes my fears my fondest missions
“Just because you think it
doesn’t mean it needs to be said.”

Little did they know,
I was just ahead of the curve
for the post-privacy era.
Whole economies are now devised
on people saying everything they think
everything they’ve seen
everything they eat
everything they believe.
You can get rich on youtube selling ads
for every little notion you have.
You can get a book deal if you’re
clever enough on twitter and it
gets shared around by the already famous
if they happen to read it on the shitter.

When I was a child,
I was egocentric and melodramatic
now that I’m a man,
that kind of thinking is automatic.
I don’t know if it’s good or bad
but I know it makes me feel
less special.