
This one’s pretty self-explanatory. Describing our Brave New World, to borrow from a famous title.
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We wake in peace.
We dress in peace.
We eat, with mediocrity.
We tend to needs, unspeakable,
Without a thought to privacy.
We read a book
With opaque brains.
We drive, at high velocity.
We ramble through the forest, green,
Without a thought to privacy.
We take a jog.
We mount our bike,
And clock location, by degree.
We track our route with glowing maps,
Without a thought to privacy.
We walk through cities,
Glance at cameras,
Capturing identities.
We swipe our cards at terminals,
Without a thought to privacy.
We fill out quizzes,
Search diseases,
Posting for posterity.
And all the while, the bot takes note,
Without a thought to privacy.
Each man a star,
Each woman, guru,
Speakers, bound to slavery,
They step and fetch and find for us,
Without a thought to privacy.
We love the ease.
The stage, it calls,
We hardly miss our privacy.
Soon, too, without a second thought,
So goes our dear Democracy.
Copyright 2021 Andrea LeDew
For more commentary on our tech-centric world and its power to divert our attention from, and demonize, important things, read Sparkly Things.
For an essay on privacy, read Of Peanut Butter and Privacy.
We do seem to be living in times Orwellian.
For sure, Liz!