The Bonfire of Anxieties 
by Jia Nan Jeng 
(After the $6M algorithm‑addiction verdict, March 25 2026) 
 
Addicted one, stop scrolling on your phone 
lest the algorithm hijacks your brain. 
Determined one, on cold turkey you must go. 
  
The first viral video is a bone 
you chase, like tunnel vision on a train. 
Addicted one, stop scrolling on your phone. 
  
Creators' faces are glitzed up for show 
flaunting fantasies for folks to ingrain. 
Determined one, on cold turkey you must go. 
  
When you look up, oh, how the hours have flown! 
T'was a trap, Jack, that you fell for again. 
Addicted one, stop scrolling on your phone. 
  
Time and tide wait for no man, as you know; 
life's too short to be vicarious, Jane. 
Determined one, on cold turkey you must go. 
  
Influencers grow the more you get shown 
cyber stimuli that tempt you just so. 
Addicted one, stop scrolling on your phone. 
Determined one, on cold turkey you must go!