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Vaccinated

by  butterfly2000

Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Word Count: 130
Summary: ...when frustration at life takes you over




It’s an information generation
too distracted to mistrust
the multi-media battlefield of news
contin-
u-
ally
thrust

into a population overfull on ennui
and lost to lust

hostages of subtle terrorism
government issued journalism

dumbed-down into escapism

Big Brother entertains as surveillance spies
the whites of our eyes
in digital definition
micro-vision

before pressing the button that ejaculates
bio-logic
-ally spreading seed

and chemically enhanced
computer-aided
disease

inoculating us against desires of sedition
and ensuring a smooth transition
to the condition of submission

while we’re all tested
for an allergy
to life

force-fed entertainment by intensive means
training our brains by touching screens, as
docu-soap mock-u-mentories diminish intelligence genes

and gaming’s coffers growing fat
on the brains they’re shrinking

as we are slowly vaccinated

against the pandemic of
thin-
king