Member-only story
poetry
Should I talk of hate,
Should I talk of war
Should I endorse a concept
Of which to explore
Are times unusual,
Just for your perusal
Are children still casual or unusually floored
Walk the empire, avoid the chores
Dream of freedom, now denied
Consult the touchscreen for their lies
Search for a cause already implied
They don’t believe
Come now, what’s to achieve
Caught up in the slip stream
Cheered by the flip screen
Can’t think for themselves
Can’t think for AI
But the job’s complete, in redesign
The dictator spoke without giving the sign
They’re out in the cold - and indoors in the light
Don’t snowflakes melt when taken inside
And didn’t history teach us to do or die
Before the heebie-jeebies and catching stage fright
With wiki ideas and wiki insights
The first casualty of war, truth comes before pride
And who let the adults loose in the room
Binging on Netflix and grooming on zoom
Just give me a king who can make us all quake
And gimme a princess who will let them eat cake
