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A cynical yet lyrical reflection on what we have become as the digital age swamps us all.
DETERIORATE is a poetry chapbook on disdain of the digital age. Dark with infused humor, DETERIORATE contemplates and questions our modern world and its ramifications on humanity.
DETERIORATE, Michelle Marie Jacquot’s second collection, is a sharp and cutting return. Jacquot single-handedly dismantles the systems of validation and fame borne from the technological and digital age, systems which too many of us rely on to feel alive. Structured with purpose and with the overarching message to free ourselves from the restraints of being online, DETERIORATE is a timely reflection on what we have become.
From beginning to end, Jacquot marries cynicism, brutal honesty and poetry. There is a freshness to how she has chosen to both present and explore her grief when it comes to what the collective future holds. As shown in Sparknotes, Jacquot has taken our tools for destruction to create an e-book which criticises how the internet and our devices have become a crutch.
“I guess we change the words now
to hundred-year-old songs
without letting anyone in the copyright office know
and even the writers sing along
Has anyone else noticed what’s been going on?” [Sing Along]
The poignant lyricism throughout is stunning and transformative. Jacquot reminds the reader how much power lies in our voices. She reawakens the weapons we already possess. The loud protests we have allowed to sit dormant in the dark.
But, the criticisms are not from a place of condescension as Jacquot reflects on her own complicity too. Poems like Spears and Personal Best demonstrate how far we are all wading in the swamp engineered by consumerism and capitalism. And the final pieces speak of survival; they speak of how we are in a fight which we must survive before we can live.
“Even if we end up sinking
All my screaming for nothing
I want to say at the very least
I tried my hardest not to drown” [Personal Best]
I am a writer and freelance editor/proofreader based in the UK. I have self-published two poetry collections (Between the Trees and Flowers on the Wall). I enjoy reviewing poetry, short stories, literary fiction and historical fiction. I am the Editor-in-Chief for Free Verse Revolution magazine.
DETERIORATE is a poetry chapbook on disdain of the digital age. Dark with infused humor, DETERIORATE contemplates and questions our modern world and its ramifications on humanity.
Irony
Future Libraries
Jumping Rope
The New Attention Song
Sing Along
Correction
The Blue Light
Poison
Ten O’Clock News
The State of Mistakes
Every Floor Is A Smoking Floor
Sunset & Crescent Heights
Sparknotes
Blank
Rules of Engagement
And I Still Have Money For Starbucks
Spears
Tear
Personal Best
Your Advantage
Michelle Marie Jacquot is writer and performer from Los Angeles, California. Her debut poetry collection Death of a Good Girl was published in 2019, becoming a Barnes & Noble poetry bestseller, followed by DETERIORATE in 2021. view profile
Published on July 07, 2021
2000 words
Contains mild explicit content ⚠️
Genre: Poetry
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