The Red ButtonA Poem by DithThe red button has already been pushed A technical solution to every social problem A Christian moral to every legitimate law An ideological faction within the atomistic state Group identity and social relations live on The expense is the individual who never was He is alive in theory, tho never truly in practice If at once we were absolutely free, Now were are defined by the limitations to our freedom There is a choice: true freedom or simply freedoms A constitution of rights A mini Bible supplanted by nationalism A culture industry for democracy A dogmatic rationality for liberty The red button has already been pushed The dominant social paradigm mixed with The relics of Christian doctrine of dark ages Are we not merely premodern Some values change, some values remain No tolerance except freedom No ties except individual choice, rights No community except lonely individuals A contradiction in terms to social beings: Women, the elderly, children, the disabled A contradiction to men, bred by women And nurtured on lies Group identity, identity shifting The self is raucously lonely The self is shifting toward his Least self-interested state The red button is no longer a choice, The dominant social religious paradigm The relics of atomistic individuals The contradiction in terms bellows © 2009 DithReviews
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1 Review Added on November 29, 2009 AuthorDithOrlando, FLAboutI'm 25. I've been writing (essays, poems) for fourteen years. I like poetry, politics, music, philosophy, photography, deep breathing. Lately I've been writing abstract type poetry where I experime.. more..Writing
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