Techno Lust

Our misguided fascination with computers and technology.

Technology's necessity; without it we would die,
it's fascinating really how computers run our lives,
the tapping of the keyboard and the clicking of the mouse,
it's gotten so that folks don't even have to leave the house.

The world's right at our fingertips and there's no way around,
the fact that all you need is just a debit card account,
to pay for what you wish, your items may get freely shipped,
you may get really gipped but I aint really sayin s**t.

I'll change it up a bit, now ev'rybody lose your mind,
I don't mean goin crazy just expand it and refine,
imagine you're agoraphobic, scared to go outside,
computers then present a slight resemblance of a life.

The script rotates with ease I flip it 45 degrees,
you got the shady ones out there that steal identities,
bring fam'lies to their knees; absconding quick with 50 Gs,
a scam that's ran leaves both the check and save accounts on E.

They're also in the mobile phones; there're no more phones at home,
no cordless in the kitchen only touch screen mobile tones,
that come with email, news and weather packaged up in foam,
remember when we knew our peoples' numbers from the dome?

I stand up self admittedly absorbed in techno-lust,
it's fright'ning if you ponder, it could all end with a touch,
of just a button, maybe 2; a maze of 82,
Verizon's the horizon so we're really praising who?

The media in print is by the wayside; take a look,
we'll move a cursor but won't flip the pages in a book,
on that aspect I'm old school up until I d-i-e,
you'll always find a paper or a hardback right by me.

The future's in the hands of those who strive to make it more,
than being slaves to microchips like Terminator 4,
there will be no salvation when the I-pads mess us up,
Steve Jobs was worshipped more than God; beware of techno-lust.

©2014
The Cunning Linguist

Reviews

[charlie]

I recently saw that movie about Jobs, the one with Ashton Kutcher. It did a lot of things to me. Confused me. Amused me. And it scared me, too. Because I generally keep the techno world at the best arms length I can, I was bewildered and surprised by the movie: not just the story of Jobs, but also the glowing hype that seemed to surround both he and this cinematic biography...
So what am I really trying to say, here? It is: I like the way you tackle the themes in this poem. I applaud you heartily for that.