Browsing, surfing, clicking
From inane, to insane, to profane
Running down a rabbit hole
That rewires every brain
Stumbling, bumbling, tripping
Into troll caves and lucid irrelevance
“Welcome to the interwebz, I’ll be your guide!”
Cries the three toed unicorn elephant
Museum of human ignorance
Vortex of time and creativity
At least Pre-NSA
We had some anonymity
Wellspring of inspiration
But don’t trade watching for doing
The internet gives and takes from us
And there’s a high price for using
Such worthless brilliance
Human biology isn’t ready
To start slurping up
This endless virtual piece of spaghetti
Grant virtual power to the people
So we virtually feel free
While you track and categorize every click
And quantify our humanity
I’m not asking to cut down the tree
But dead branches need trimming
I’m not asking to drain the reservoir
But stop sinking, start swimming
I’m not asking to cut the cord
Just intermittent unplugging
Don’t unload the gun
Just don’t aim at your forehead
Nov 22, 2013
Nov 22, 2013 at 9:45 AM UTC
Browsing, surfing, clicking
From inane, to insane, to profane
Running down a rabbit hole
That rewires every brain
Stumbling, bumbling, tripping
Into troll caves and lucid irrelevance
“Welcome to the interwebz, I’ll be your guide!”
Cries the three toed unicorn elephant
Museum of human ignorance
Vortex of time and creativity
At least Pre-NSA
We had some anonymity
Wellspring of inspiration
But don’t trade watching for doing
The internet gives and takes from us
And there’s a high price for using
Such worthless brilliance
Human biology isn’t ready
To start slurping up
This endless virtual piece of spaghetti
Grant virtual power to the people
So we virtually feel free
While you track and categorize every click
And quantify our humanity
I’m not asking to cut down the tree
But dead branches need trimming
I’m not asking to drain the reservoir
But stop sinking, start swimming
I’m not asking to cut the cord
Just intermittent unplugging
Don’t unload the gun
Just don’t aim at your forehead