1984 came and went
Big brother’s fate was sealed
All the time and money spent
To keep this fact concealed
Each new lie systems invent
However heartily spieled
They reinforce the battlement
On this our battlefield
Cameras record our torment
No injuries are healed
In surround sound each lament
Our ears and eyes are peeled
Governed we give our assent
As our freedoms are repealed
To then complete our long descent
Our brave new world revealed
Soma? I dunno, Ma
Suspect I’m in a coma
Blinked my eyes the world was strange
Thanks but you can keep the change
Flashing lights entrance
Watch the monkeys dance
Don’t just give a glance
Or a look askance
Offer vigilance
Returns sustenance
The media’s expanse
Designed to enhance
Also to advance
Soma’s empty trance
Offer permanence
Bolster arrogance
Laud convenience
Through inelegance
Foster dominance
And intolerance
Fed through ignorance
Vile governance
Seeking furtherance
Of extravagance
Our inheritance
Insignificance
Soma? I dunno, Ma
Suspect I’m in a coma
Was I injured in the fall
Please forget the wake up call
Pummeled by brutality
Beat with sextasy indeed
Fed 2-D duality
Our submission guaranteed
As children not heard or seen
Upon tainted tit we feed
Soma’s vast enticing screen
Gives me everything I need
Maintain pleasure as remote
Where the peril doesn’t bleed
Attention all I will devote
I’m effectively TV’d
Soma? I dunno, Ma
Suspect I’m in a coma
Forever kicked by iron boot
On my own foot - it's a hoot
© 2011