Technophobia/2030

Technophobia/2030

(Part 1 of 3)

 

We invited them into our lives

To the point -

We were made dependent

They were built to advance

The human race

But they’re the reason

Why we’re almost finished

 

From laptops 

TV's    

And handheld devices...

To robo cops-

And automatic- flying cars  

With no need for a license

 

Traffic cams,

Webcams,

And camera phones

Capturing every private moment

They were always watching

We were never alone

 For every phone conversation

We thought was private

There was something listening

In the distance-

With a sinister silence

 

For fear of terrorism  

We gave them permission

To monitor us daily

Because of lies told by politicians

 

Social networks-

Self-inflicted hurt

Spewing out our personal info

Spilling out our own dirt

 

We surrendered our lives

With every word we typed

GPS under the skin-

We couldn’t escape if we tried

-So there was nowhere to hide

 

They computed our movements

And studied our weaknesses

For decades they remained dormant

These cold, artificial geniuses

 

Rushing black oil

That pumps through

Their steel hearts

 

The motherboard

A mastermind

A matrix

Of mathematical art

 

They robbed us of our jobs

And provided cheap labor

We got comfortable with their convenience

Until we were betrayed

By our man-made savors

 

When we finally caught on to the plans

Created by the metallic hands

 Of these diabolical robots

 

It was too late

To salvage our fate

And put a stop

To their evil plot

 

I will never forget the day

That every screen

 On earth went blank

 

All the power went away

Mass hysteria in the streets

And chaos at the banks

 

The machines didn’t have to do much

But play possum

And act like they had died

They knew that we would destroy ourselves

And eat each other alive

 

Then, when the coast was clear

That’s when they self-resurrected

They finished most of the humans off

And enslaved a few selected

 

We are alive

 Only to keep them gassed up

 Power is their drug

 

 A few of us

Are planning a revolt

To finally pull their plug…

Author's Note

Technophobia: is the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers

OK! "Technophobia" (The Trilogy) is complete!
Please check out all 3 out and tell me your thoughts! :-)

Part 1 (Technophobia/2030)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1054793/

Part 2 (Technophobia/2040)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055002/

Part 3 (Technophobia/2050)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055461/

Reviews

[quinfinn]

well, shades of "Terminator" and "Robocop"....this poem says it all. i think this is brilliant, and i feel sad that more often than not, i don't see your writes in the live feed, because they are profound and relevant. i will tell you this, my poetic and clever friend....if you send me read requests they will not be ignored, and i will comment. some of the better writers on this site get too few accolades for their efforts and Serenus Raymone is one of them. awesome write!!!!!!

[Sirius King]

Thanx quin! That really means a lot.

I'll take u up on the RR's and if you have something you want me to read in return inbox it to me.

thanx again

[quinfinn]

no problem!

[Star Wolf]

Wow, fantastic! It reads so much of our times that I can believe the ending of this could really happen...a great opening to a really interesting story!! Awesome job!

[Sirius King]

thanx for checking it out!! :-)

[Sirius King]

OK! "Technophobia" (The Trilogy) is complete!
Please check out all 3 out and tell me your thoughts! :-)

Part 1 (Technophobia/2030)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1054793/

Part 2 (Technophobia/2040)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055002/

Part 3 (Technophobia/2050)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055461/

[C.C. Marx]

well written and realistic....i think i will avoid my computer for a while lol

[Sirius King]

LOL me too lol
thanx!... check out part2 if u get a chance :-)

[C.C. Marx]

sure id love too!

[Sirius King]

cool here is the link

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055002/#comment-2659587

[Sirius King]

OK! "Technophobia" (The Trilogy) is complete!
Please check out all 3 out and tell me your thoughts! :-)

Part 1 (Technophobia/2030)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1054793/

Part 2 (Technophobia/2040)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055002/

Part 3 (Technophobia/2050)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055461/

[Steven Cash]

Very nice man

But yea I don't get why people are sooooo fearful.

If electronics can see all and hear all and track us... there is nothing we can do

Worrying won't help

[Sirius King]

very true man

thanx!

[Sirius King]

OK! "Technophobia" (The Trilogy) is complete!
Please check out all 3 out and tell me your thoughts! :-)

Part 1 (Technophobia/2030)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1054793/

Part 2 (Technophobia/2040)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055002/

Part 3 (Technophobia/2050)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055461/

[David the writer]

Nice one dude! Hopw this doesn't happen cause I know the machines won't pick me

[Sirius King]

lol...thanx man

[MachinaWriter]

Okay, I absolutely loved this. It sounds like the beginning of an awesome scifi saga. Like all great science fiction, it not only tells a great story, but offers a glimpse at our own social standing in relation to technology and places a magnifying glass upon societies greatest fault. Technological innovation has become synonymous with excusable laziness. A great write, keep it up ^^

[Sirius King]

thanx man,,,
im actually thinking about
adding to it
and create a full story
read morethanx man,,,
im actually thinking about
adding to it
and create a full story
not sure tho

[MachinaWriter]

That would be cool. I'd definitely read it.

[Sunny Skye]

That is so true, we now a days can't live withought technology if power went out everyone would freak out. We use technology for everything. Excellent poem and an excellent point. Very well written and i like the flow. Good job!

-SkyeBlanco

[Sirius King]

i agree, we wouldn't know what to do if something like this happened

thanx!!! :-)

[Sunny Skye]

No problem. :D

[Sirius King]

OK! "Technophobia" (The Trilogy) is complete!
Please check out all 3 out and tell me your thoughts! :-)

Part 1 (Technophobia/2030)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1054793/

Part 2 (Technophobia/2040)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055002/

Part 3 (Technophobia/2050)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055461/

[Sunny Skye]

YAY!
LOL! :D

[Sirius King]

LOL :-)

[Sunny Skye]

Yeah i'm crazy this are excellent poems. Number one fan.

[Sirius King]

Awwwww *blushing* lmao lol

thanxxx!

[Sunny Skye]

Aww your welcome :D LOLz

[Sirius King]

lol

[Sunny Skye]

:D

[Sunny Skye]

You've been adding pictures to the poems huh!

[Sirius King]

yea lol

[Sunny Skye]

Of course see you tried to sneak them pass me but you couldn't. HA :D

[Sirius King]

no sneaking lol i promise ;-)

[Sunny Skye]

Yeah i'm watching you lol jk good pic do :D

[Sirius King]

lol,,, thanx hahaha

[Sunny Skye]

Lol this review comments go on forever...lol

[Sirius King]

and ever and ever and.....

lol

[Sunny Skye]

LOL yep i guess we are weird :P

[Sirius King]

of course!
but thats a great thing

or maybe i only think so cuz im weird...hmmmm lol

[Sunny Skye]

lol your definately right. We are normal people just a bit too normal. See if your not weird your not normal and if your weirder then weird then your the normalest person ever. lol i always say that. Is normalest even a word? :P

[Sirius King]

true lol....not sure, but i make up words all of the time...why not, all words were made up by some weirdo at some point, right? lol

[Sunny Skye]

LOL yeah. So i guess i just invented a new word.
Definition of normalest:
Someone that is weird more than usual that makes them supernaturally normal. Normalest when you are just way past normal. :D yay now added to the dictionary. :P

[Sirius King]

great job! lol...i made up a new word on my other poem, "Annoyingitis" lol...im not sure if ill use it often tho lol

[Sunny Skye]

Oh yeah on "B***h back up" yep hopefully i don't catch that disease any time soon. lol :D

[Sirius King]

lol...its a slow, terrible, painful death lol

[Sunny Skye]

Yep i'm a annoyingitis survivor :D lol

[Sirius King]

lol me too!...we made it! lol

[Sunny Skye]

*High five! lol :D S> There is excatly 28 comments on this review. LOL :D

[Sirius King]

29!!! we did it lol

[Sunny Skye]

LOL now 30 new record! Ding ding! lol

[Sirius King]

31 lol

[Sunny Skye]

We crazy lol we counting...smh...32

[Sirius King]

hahaa,,,33lol

[Sunny Skye]

Maybe by the end of the day they'll be 40..........34

[Sirius King]

maybe lol 35

[Sunny Skye]

So whatz up? 36

[Sirius King]

not much jus at work,,,ready to go ugh lol,,,u? 37

[Sunny Skye]

Lucky I wisdh i was at work instead of school. School in Debate class working on speeches....38

[Sirius King]

thats cool,,, ive been at work all night, i need sleep!! now! lol 39

[Sunny Skye]

Yeah...Awww that sucks get some 5 hour energy :D ..........40

[Sirius King]

lol. naw im about to get off n go to the gym...then SLEEP lol 41

[Sunny Skye]

OH COOL! Hey we made it past 40....have fun at the gym

[Sirius King]

i wont lol...yay! lol

[Sunny Skye]

Aww why not? :(

[Sirius King]

lol, i dont like working out lol...i just do it cuz i need to lol

[Sunny Skye]

Ohhhhhhh lol me neither but i like to run :P

[Sirius King]

i like the feeling of when im done working out...but starting is hard lol

[Sunny Skye]

I know right. At the begining is like a "man i don't wanna do this" type of thing and then when your done your all pumped up. :P

[Sirius King]

yea its always great afterwards lol
im going to stick to it tho, ive lost 60lbs so far :-)

[Sunny Skye]

That's GREAT!!! :D

[Sirius King]

yea it feels good,,,jus hard to keep off lol

[Sunny Skye]

Yeah i get what your saying. I've lost weight and then gained it right back then lost it again and then back to the same way...sucks :(

[Rob Santana]

Wow what a trippy write. good job. Mankind is being dehumanized by technology. our planet is full of techno zombies!!!!

[Sirius King]

exactly my point!...i think i might take a few weeks off of all my "devices"...they can be very addictive, and energy draining


thanx for checking it out!

[Sirius King]

OK! "Technophobia" (The Trilogy) is complete!
Please check out all 3 out and tell me your thoughts! :-)

Part 1 (Technophobia/2030)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1054793/

Part 2 (Technophobia/2040)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055002/

Part 3 (Technophobia/2050)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055461/

[Soul Fire]

Wow, this is amazing and twisted Excellent work!

[Sirius King]

thanx for checking it out! :-)

[Soul Fire]

np :)

[Soul Fire]

this is genuis

[Sirius King]

wow, i appreciate that!!!

[Soul Fire]

You're welcome. I'm telling you how I feel. This. is. Genuis!!!

[Sirius King]

lol thanx again!

tell a friend!!! lol jk ;-)

[Sirius King]

OK! "Technophobia" (The Trilogy) is complete!
Please check out all 3 out and tell me your thoughts! :-)

Part 1 (Technophobia/2030)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1054793/

Part 2 (Technophobia/2040)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055002/

Part 3 (Technophobia/2050)
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/serenusaymone/1055461/

[Soul Fire]

Okay, will do :)