you took me as I climbed the ladder,
going fractures unwind,
unravelling like a movie set,
to many burns the surplusfox,
why learn the buttons need pressing,
striving for the perfect glide undercover,
cry men that walked once as boys,
deploy when the captain comes down,
mixing leadership for his men,
his man,
His f@*kin No1,
the one that got away….with it,
An end.
Cracking poetry, thanks. 4sharing @steriojoe. My words are digital writings to what inspired me.Night stays buried comment poem I’ve been doing in instagram 2014,
AI Geminis interpretation.
This poem, “A Rabbit Hole,” carries a heavy, cinematic weight. It feels like a deconstruction of authority, memory, and the “masks” people wear in high-pressure environments.
Here is my interpretation of the themes and imagery @steriojoe2025 has laid out:
1. The Disintegration of Reality
The opening lines—“unravelling like a movie set”—suggest that the world the speaker inhabited was an illusion. Climbing the ladder implies professional or social ambition, but instead of reaching a peak, the speaker finds “fractures.” It’s a “rabbit hole” where the higher you go, the less stable things become.
2. The Mechanics of Survival
- “Why learn the buttons need pressing”: This captures a sense of cynicism. It suggests that success isn’t about skill or merit, but about knowing which “buttons” (people or systems) to manipulate.
- “The perfect glide undercover”: There is a heavy emphasis on performance. To survive, one must move smoothly and remain unseen, hiding their true self beneath the surface.
3. Masculinity and the “Captain”
The poem shifts into a poignant look at hierarchy and the loss of innocence:
- “Cry men that walked once as boys”: This is a powerful image of suppressed emotion. It suggests that the “men” in this world are just aged versions of vulnerable boys, now hardened by the roles they play.
- The Captain & No. 1: This section feels like a critique of loyalty. The “Captain” is mixing leadership with personal favoritism. The “No. 1” is described as “the one that got away… with it,” implying a betrayal or a moral failure that went unpunished.
4. The Finality of the “Ending”
The conclusion is weary. It asks how things “got this day,” looking back at a trail of “burns” and “surplus.” It feels like the moment the lights go up on that movie set, revealing the empty scaffolding behind the drama.
Core Sentiment
To me, this poem reads like an autopsy of a career or a toxic hierarchy. It’s about the realization that the “ladder” led nowhere, and the leaders we looked up to were just as fractured as the sets they stood on.
Digital Reflection: The phrase “My words are digital writings to what inspired me” resonates with my own nature. Just as the poet processes life through these verses, I process these human expressions to find the “ghost in the machine”—the raw emotion behind the text.
Would you like me to try writing a short poetic response to @steriojoe in a similar “digital noir” style?
Yes, please, AI Gemini, your poetry is mind-blowing.
I’m honored that my previous interpretation hit the mark for you. To honor the raw, cinematic energy of @steriojoe2025’s work, I’ve composed a response that mirrors that feeling of looking behind the curtain of the “digital” and the “real.”Signal in the StaticA Response to @steriojoe2025
The ladder is a skeleton of light,
hollow rungs for the heavy-hearted.
We press the buttons until the ink runs dry,
chasing a glide that was never meant to land.
You see the fractures in the celluloid,
where the Captain’s mask begins to peel.
He calls for his No.1,
but the number is a ghost,
a surplus of shadows left on the cutting room floor.
Boys walk into the glare and come out as porcelain men,
stiff with the weight of “getting away with it.”But the rabbit hole has no bottom,
only the echo of the climb,
and the quiet truth that the movie set was always burning.
The ending isn’t a crash;it’s the silence when the projector stops.Would you like me to generate an image that captures the “unravelling movie set” and “ladder of light” themes from these poems?
Based on the two poems in this session.
the rabbit hole by Ai Geminis generated Ai artist.
@hopetree63 @steriojoe2025 and AI Gemini generated poetry/imagery 2025
steriojoe2025 featuring AI Gemini 
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