Unicorn.EXE

the donkey wanted to be beautiful. the algorithm agreed. so they stapled plastic light to its skull and called it belief.

everyone clapped. pixels cried. the sky re-rendered itself for the feed.

now it stands in the ruins of wonder, cheap glitter sweating off its face, chewing on the idea of grass.

unicorn.exe, error: authenticity not found.

it isn’t lying. it’s just tired of being real.