But dependence on senses Can leave you deceived And bewildered In questioning What you believe To be true, To be real Is a desert of formerly Forms that could feel Now subsumed And bemused By the master technician Encoding, Uploading Inhuman condition Omission of any impulse Organism Yet even illumined In stark opposition Its iron fist Surgically seizes Submission Securing its future Is equally metal And in its advent Have we played instrumental Components collectively Bound to its reign The mainframe A control center Artifice brain In a vat Of pre-programmed Demanded supply Of what choice you have left To conform And comply