Dub Dub Dub

one short score and five ago
it wasn't so - that streams
flowed in airless wires

that Dolby heard symphonic
on hand phones was absurd

that art could be a part of everyone's day
meals smartly delivered - have it your way

cookies cooked on every chip
bits for sales cooked to look legit

who knew we'd get delivery
of anything we could want or see

how-to brain surgery on YouTube 
all mind's desires blogged now denude

and the ****, oh the ****
so high-def, so hot and forlorn

progress, regress, no matter now, 
not totally, but - it's just a mess

we made it, a mirrored graven image
like us, to carry on our lineage

rub-a-dub-dub, it's all over us
newness notions hopelessly scrubbed 

it's really the same ol' us you see
trinity or the favored Menage à Trois 
we'll always take it to the Nth degree

so type 'n' say your mind's eye's desire
the whole world web buys 'n' sells us entirely

© Goode Guy 2014-03-13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee 
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/13/289750726/its-been-25-years-since-the-world-wide-web-was-invented
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/12/289594960/a-very-special-proposal-anniversary-for-the-world-wide-web 
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/02/27/282965383/the-web-at-25-hugely-popular-and-viewed-as-a-positive-force

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 5/29/2014 8:02:00 AM

This was a mind bender. I enjoyed this intriguing piece. Sadly many will follow their darker nature and pursue temporary carnal pleasures. All of us are vulnerable until we ask for the power that comes from the risen Christ. You have a unique way of getting to the heart of the matter.