Cyber Subtopia (ain't that bad)

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

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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