Hovering

a cursor on an empty black screen

an actor alone on stage

there is nothing behind either

one blinks on and off

another blinks rapidly

there is no beginning in this space

before the actor speaks

before the page loads

there is no end to this space

there is only the blinking cursor

and the blinking actor

staring at the audience

their users and their voyeurs 

the screen will load

the actor will speak

but now there is only the blank screen

the blank stage

the actor and cursor

holding their captives in breathless silence

the edges of their world so visible

only they, all alone

the only thing to exist in their voids

before the screen loads

and the actor speaks