Life as a painting
On this one-way street
‘Tween the real and fake
An authentic cheat

Ambiguous choice
Presented as truth
Will self-fulfilling
Prophecy produce

Compulsive searching
A society
Estranged itself from
It’s reality

Representation
Has replaced the real
A simulation
An authentic steal

Inspired and paraphrased from the first part of Authenticity & Absurdity at Philosophy Now