Media, market and mimesis mix: A poem

 Media, market and mimesis mix: A poem

Mimesis, a Greek name,

For copying, not quite the same.

Art and stories, its domain,

The world reflected, again, again.

A painter's brush, a scene takes hold,

Life's colors mirrored, brave and bold.

A writer's words, a tale unfolds,

Of human hearts, in stories told.

The world remade, a different view,

Mimesis helps us, see it new.

Now media's hum, a constant stream,

Social echoes, a mimetic dream.

We see, we want, it would seem,

To chase the same, a shared extreme.

The market calls, with siren song,

"Desire this! Where you belong!"

Mimesis shifts, it's more than art,

It shapes our wants, plays a new part.

The world we see, impacts the heart,

A copy's influence, right from the start.