The Body Electric

A poem inspired by NWO, conspiracy theories, what's going on today, 1984, Ayn Rand and a cheesy Rush video. Be sure to click on the video for a few laughs!

The year is 2020 in America

technology has finally

been subverted completely

the RFT microchips are installed

just below the surface

of my skin

 

big brother chases me down

tracking my every move

I struggle to resist,

but the control freaks persist

 

some might say

it’s the number

of the beast

I don’t know

but I am losing control

subjugation is the word

 

I switch on my original program

written in the now

obsolete binary code

I transmit for anyone to hear “1001001”

let’s see them crack that code

and if they do, they know where I stand

Author's Note

"1001001" is "I" in binary code.

Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

it's a dark satire on the what the world is turning into. i grew up watching lots of dystopian SF films and i thought they had sufficiently warned us, but not so. technology has become more and more invasive, but it is the owners and controllers of technologies who are really peverse. fighting back against them seem futile, but i liked the way the persona acts defiantly towards the end of the story. it might be something small, but it is liberating.

[The Analog Kid]

Thank you! Totally agree with your assessment. He says no way will I comply. Totally inspired by 1984, Rush lyrics and Walt Whitman.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

A fun futurist piece... though also scary to think this may actually be true... kinda of reminds me of an updated version of the movie "Enemy Of The State"

[Poetic Beauty]

Great futuristic poem. I hope that never happens. I don't want someone know my every waking mood like in Minority Report or any of the similar movies. I don't know if that will be the mark of the best of not but I hope I am not around when people become micro chipped.