From birth, they bombard us with images and ideas:
This is what you want! This is what you desire!
They pretend that you should aspire:
There are ways and means of buying things, like happiness!
This is what makes life worth living.
Are you willing to be a member of society?
Good! Welcome, Consumer…
Unspoken rules, prices to pay
loans, usury,
slavery.
Sign your name in blood,
pledge your allegiance now,
Enjoy. Drink a Coke or five.
And please remember:
keep you hands and feet within the vehicle at all times,
and that
your insurance policy does not cover suicide.
(To be continued…)
©SvetkaSamizdat
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