being unemployed isn’t a problem, it’s a position,
volunteer-based, unpaid, and extremely powerful,
i wake up at 2pm to check notifications
like a guardian of discourse,

my résumé is archived but my authority is active,
i enforce vibes, tone, and rule 7 subsection b,
“this has already been asked,”
locked thread, no further comments,

the bank account is negative
but my reddit karma is stable,
i don’t have a boss, i have guidelines,
and i wield them selectively,

touch grass? denied.
source? provided (it’s me).
this isn’t unemployment, it’s moderation,
chronically online, structurally unpaid,

i do it for the community,
for order, for free labor, for the power rush,
jobless in the physical realm
but gainfully employed
by the algorithm.