We’ve got a reel short attention span now,
it’s just about forty seconds long;
Then distracted we look away;
Tik tok reel short; Tick tock;
Due to lack of interest or investigation
they go and raise the survival baseline;
Again;
Easy gains aren’t solid,
they get real hard to shed;
If you ever can;
Tick tock; Real hard; Tick tock;
But they like it that way,
filling us with this sense of dread;
Dependent and intoxicated;
Sluggish now we miss the repeating pattern
and risk unlearning the lessons of the past;
Tik tok reel; Snap! Tick tock;
Now we’ve got a reel short attention span,
it’s just about forty seconds long;
Skeletons squawk but can’t really talk;
Echo chambers drown original thought.
Pendulum strikes hard - tick tock tick tock
Evolution asks -which way to go
Arms have evolved too
Canines are still there - to cannibalize
Evolution reminds - time is short
'Foreign', the word, should be deleted from the dictionary
Omnipotent YOU has created us all - who are we to divide
Revolution is needed to spread love and peace
Ask the mothers
Labour pains are equal; so, why fight each other
Let liberal minds lead us towards light
08.10.16
Contest no. 220 any theme any form max 15 lines
Judged on 9.10.2016
Why :
Peace is still much sought;
civilization is just
another jungle -
here endless greed wears nice mask,
Time to change - for our own sake
26.11.2016
Pendulum strikes hard - tick tock tick tock
Evolution asks -which way to go
Arms have evolved too
Canines are still there - to cannibalize
Evolution reminds - time is short
'Foreign', the word, should be deleted from the dictionary
Omnipotent YOU has created us all - who are we to divide
Revolution is needed to spread love and peace
Ask the mothers
Labour pains are equal; so, why fight each other
Let liberal minds lead us towards light
08.10.16
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