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Onboarding Vertigo
The ending
has already happened
in the shape of renewal.
It hits me—
an ending
that looks like
a beginning.
I promise myself
this time
it will make sense.
What ended
falls behind the update,
causing reality to flicker,
my horizonto slip out of level.
As the ending arrives
as onboarding,
my memory is overwritten
by default.
Am I supposed
to feel happy and hopeful
while searching
for what I just lost?
My happy updates,
my hope reinstalls.
Every renewal
starts with deletion.
The ground tilts,
and I feel the vertigo.
©2026 Samia Oldman
WHAT IS HUSH HALO?
Hush Halo is a dystopian fantasy poetry collection set in a near-future shaped by technology, silence, and optimized perfection. Each poem is paired with its own immersive soundscape. 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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