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I wrote this the other day and performed it as the final poem in a set at Uni. It seemed to go down well.
medium is the message
it's true
we don't talk how they used to
we quick-riff half-sentences
throw out pop references
we're living in the future
be young near forever
baby boomers
pulling up the ladder
work while you're ablesee half the world and breathe it
and live-live-live
postcode counts for you
governments all old school
and should we send our planes and our bombs
to stop their planes and their bombs
that we sold themideology is so last century
wasteland post-modernity
post-serenity
assange yaoinarrative eschatology
anon writes poetry
for montage post-society
no dead poet fraternity
will keep us from our hollywood ending
media jobs for allwriting on the wall
that Jack built with borrowed money
packed up and sold
in a package of investments in our futures
we're the pokemon generation
waiting to evolve
and while marxist dialecticdon't bring all the boys to the yard
the question remains: into what
medium is the message
it's true
we don't talk how they used to
we quick-riff half-sentences
throw out pop references
we're living in the future
be young near forever
baby boomers
pulling up the ladder
work while you're ablesee half the world and breathe it
and live-live-live
postcode counts for you
governments all old school
and should we send our planes and our bombs
to stop their planes and their bombs
that we sold themideology is so last century
wasteland post-modernity
post-serenity
assange yaoinarrative eschatology
anon writes poetry
for montage post-society
no dead poet fraternity
will keep us from our hollywood ending
media jobs for allwriting on the wall
that Jack built with borrowed money
packed up and sold
in a package of investments in our futures
we're the pokemon generation
waiting to evolve
and while marxist dialecticdon't bring all the boys to the yard
the question remains: into what