In a Web
this territory's a wasteland
the curious that pass by
stop in for a drink
then go on their merry way
a full suitcase to advertise
this place is a sh-thole
and no matter how nicely it's stated
it's exactly that
and we're all just suspended from its reaches
blinded by white lights and white lies
sex sells, and so does attention
for every word of information
there's a worthless thousand
cheap entertainment, free distractions
the cost of a monthly fee
and then it's all you can eat
so gorge on mediocrity
traded over wire lines
reeling you in at the end of this hook
this is the binge
meet the barely copable
becoming the still-ignored
in a beautifully "brave new world" context
we can no longer hear screams
laughter, shouts, sobs
or the fizzling of anger
it's a disappearance no one appears to miss
so another slips off
and as usual, no one notices
so impersonal, so disrespectful
is this a new way to communicate
or a new way to fall apart?
there can never be too much of anything
but if it's there to take
someone will take it till bloated
the fastest way to touch base with the world
and we're forevermore wrapped up in our particular lives
so everybody log-in tonight
then wave goodbye to the world at large
Copyright © Val Murah | Year Posted 2007
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