More Trouble Every Day

Cherry

By Ewan

Sat, 16 Jul 2016
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And the cavalcade continues

a parade of blinkered fools,

distracted by the siren call

of twitter feeds and hashtags.

 

Every pixelled heart and tricolour,

every signal of our assumed virtue

makes not a whit of difference

to the numbers of the dead.

 

“I’m about to get sick from watching my tv”

my mobile, my tablet, my computer

my Dick Tracey wristphone

my electronic conscience.

 

Enough.

 

Vote, lobby, campaign,

mobilise, energise,

participate.

 

The revolution is not being televised,

but the counter-insurgency is.

 

While the cavalcade continues

we parade like blinkered fools

sedated by the dying fall

of protest songs and anthems.

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Comments

Submitted by seashore on

You've said it all Ewan, and so well.  Thank you.

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Nice, Ewan. Slightly less passive than TV maybe, but who is really watching or listening and what will change? Evidence suggests the square root of nothing. The referendum is an example of people using their vote to actually change something, but I doubt you'd see the same effect in an election. If all those tweets were feet on the street someone might listen, or maybe not. Pessimistic times.

Parson Thru

Submitted by airyfairy on

I don't know what you're worrying about, Ewan.  Thousands will march, sweeping all opposition aside, in their quest.  Pikachu will save the world.  #WTF