******* children of a sordid affair Between corporatism and consumerism Enslaved by the shackles of misinformation Sinking each year baser yet At the speed of light In the information age The world is eclipsed Tangled in a worldwide snare of fast-food conversation with men in space and yet deaf to the voice resonating in the space within If I screamed and cried in space Would they hear my voice? But if I screamed and cried on earth Would they hear my voice!