My Current Body
The state scans for me
confirming my body,
ignoring my state.My data is always easily found:
a record,
a number,
grading tags
fixed to coordinates.My current body
is the one I am learning
to inhabit while moving
between what officially exists
and who I am off the record.I pass their checkpoint as an echo,
present,
but already fading.Survival here depends on
remaining legible enough
to pass as named—
unreal enough
to remain unclaimed,
internally untamed.No pursuit detected.
©2026 Samia Oldman
WHAT IS HUSH HALO?
Hush Halo is a dystopian sci-fi poetry collection set in a near-future shaped by technology, and optimized perfection. Each poem is paired with a unique soundscape created by poet, in Suno. Learn more in Square One.
Context: After the Great Optimization, a privileged group integrated into the system, believing they had now perfected themselves.
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"confirming my body,
ignoring my state."
So good!
Sam, thank you for another wonderful poem that gave me so much to think about. No matter how much technology advances, our humanity and the freedom of our hearts can never be measured by numbers or data. 😇