This is anytown, anywhere
everywhere is everywhere
generation after generation
traded its spaces
traded their bodies
junk upon junk
you bought the subtopia
and the subtopia bought you
first they took your high street, then they took your virtual space, and then they took your mind
we wanted it and they gave it to us
this is dead ground now
we bought the boxes at exorbitant prices
lived in them, bought them with a smile on our face
then the corporations took the virtual space
more boxes
endless twitter feeds, cyber subtopia
new media nothing more than comments on old media
the new moguls just like the old guard
mainstream media still dominates the hashtag
TV channels feed the news feed
stroke the keys with a key stroke
caress the technology with a touch of the touch screen
and no one is listening, there's too much noise
the star in a novel no one is watching
screaming in space
you traded it all
for mediocre media
for distorted audio streaming
and a billion sub par instant images
variable ratio reinforcement
push the opium button
distraction eases the pain
blandness knows no bounds
the physical space is gone
except out on the edges and in the cracks
its possible to live another life
but you can take a corner of virtual world
and you can take your mind back whenever you want.
On the other side of the world
someone is smashing rocks to extract the precious metal ore
and someone else is putting that metal in smart plastic boxes
for survival wages
factories the same as they always were
a new subtopia is being born
****
this subtopia ain't so bad
go for a walk in the countryside sometime
if you can live with it
this time is as good as any other
