Rogues Bard - Prose - Potsdam 411
POTSDAM 411
I am the Eisystem 4406 .Throw away that pencil and buy me..I am your FUTURE…
Don’t step on a crack or you’ll turn into a rat..don’t step on the cracks or you’ll
Turn into a rat..a rat.. a rat. Tired men dead eyes child chasing windblown leaves bullet holes in stone grey concrete snuggled next to rusting Trabants and designer shops .Conspicuos consumerism gone mad.. Don’t step on the cracks don’t step on the cracks, don’t step on the cracks or you’ll turn into a Rat a Rat a Rat. Walk don’t walk. Walk don’t walk Talk don’t talk .Don’t Think ..Conspicuous consumerism rules O.K. ? Conspicuous consumerism rules O.K. ? Red light Green light red light Green light Walk don’t walk Talk don’t talk Talk don’t think .W alk walk. Walk..Why don’t they walk.?
RED LIGHT;
I want to scream..“It‘s only a f*****g machine“.It can’t think for you.It’s only a
F*****g machine. The road is clear of traffic and we don’t walk. The road is clear
of traffic and we don’t walk. F**k It. I WALK and watch ther accusing scream, Munches SCREEEEEAAAAMMM…Red Light don’t walk Red light
Don’t walk. I want to scream back..”But there is no traffic.But. they stare blankly
repeating repeating repeating the silent Mantra Mantra Mantra.The silent
Screeeaaamm “Red Light Don‘t Walk Red Light Don‘t Walk I want to scream
It‘s only a f*****g machine.. it can‘t think for you.. it‘s only a f*****g machine“..
But they wont understand,they wont understand, They wont understand...Not
Because I scream in English.they wont understand because they don’t understand the concept of not being ruled by machine..of not obeying orders Green light walk Green Light Walk. Walk Don’t walk Talk Don’t talk. Think don’t think Consipcuos consumerism is the future and we’re ruled by machines like YOU The Eisystem 4406.
“Bollocks ..Laptops evolved from lines in sand ,charred sticks feathers
pencils quills ballpoint pens typewriters word processors computers and text messages. Soon ballpoint pens will be a relic of a bygone age. Conspicuous consumerism rules O.K ? I am the Eisystem 4406. I AM your future. Or would you rather return to your cave mourning The invention of the wheel and be a LOSER ?”
“Laptopsaretheproductof consumeristculturewhichpropogatesthemyth thatluxuryitemsareessentialpurchasesinordertokeeptheeconomybuoyantandthus ensuringthesurvivalofthe capialistorgasm (Organism ?) (Boy Racers Alan Bissett p.87.) Walk don’t walk walk don’t walk talk don’t talk talk don’t talk think don’t
Think. Drink. Drink don’t drink. Drink. Don’t drink Don’t drink this. Drink
That, Don’t think this. Think that. Buy buy buy buy. Buy this .Don’t buy that
Eat this. Don’t eat that. Eat this. Don’t eat that. Buy Buy Buy Buy
Yes buy me. I am The Eisystem 4406 .I am your future.
Hoardings screaming. Adverts on the back of buses and sides of taxis,..Logo on caps, jackets T.V. Radio , Parking tickets, beer mats ,and call girls arses for all I know.
“ OOH is that subliminal or what ?
Don’t wear that wear this , wear that. Don’t eat this eat that, spend spend
Spend. Man on bench with vacant eyes. Child chasing windblown leaves.
Drink drink drink buy me me Me. . E.mail mobile phones, laptops, Broadband txt mssgs .Walk Don’t walk Walk. Don’t walk.. Its only a f….g machine It cant think for you.Hoardings screaming. Buy this Buy that.. Drive this drive that.. Walk don’t walk. Talk .Don’t talk, Junk mail, junk females, junk people, junk everybody.
“ What, even innocent child chasing windblown leaves ?”
“Bollocks” Walk don’t walk Red light green light. Walk don’t walk Red light
green light . You’re only a f …..g machine . Would this message be any less valid if written in pencil on the back of a cigarette packet instead of on You The
Eisystem 4406 ?. Conspicuos consumerism.Laptops are the product of..
Red light.Red light. Red Light. Warning the battery is low warning the battery
Is low. Switch off now or you may lose data. Switch off now or you may lose data..
Smart Arse! don’t step on a crack or you’ll turn into a rat don’t step on a crack
Or you’ll turn into a..don’t step on a crack or you’ll turn into a…..SHEEP.
Switch off now or you may lose data Switch off now or you may lose data
Switch off now or you may lose data”
Walk don’t walk talk don’t talk drink don’t drink don’t eat this eat that don’t wear this wear that. don’t drive this drive THAT buy me me ME.
Yes throw away that pencil and buy me I am the Eisystem 4406 I AM YOUR
FUTURE.
“laptops are the productofaconsumeristculturewhich propogatesthe myth that luxuryitemsareessentialpurchasesinordertokeeptheeconomybuoyanyandthus
ensuringthefutureof
thecapitalistorgasm” (Alan Bisset Boy Racers P87). Walk don’t walk Talk Don’t talk Eat don’t eat. Drink don’t drink. Think don’t think..Advertising hoardings screaming Buy Buy BuyBuy ME..ME…ME. Don’t step on a crack or you’ll turn into a Sheep ? Tired man dead eyes,child chasing windblown leaves, bullet holes in grey stone concrete rusting trabants adjoining designer shops and the rain scythes down
in icy swathes polishing and glittering in the myriads of light transforming leaden streets into pools of freezing rainbows and we’re ruled by machines.And people hurry home designer clad to boxes and computers and videos..Slaves to e.mail junk mail text messages and mobiles’ bleeping. To play…Solitaire….on computers.. Tired man dead eyes..child chasing windblown leaves rusting Trabants adjoining designer shops
And I’ve turned into a f…..g SHEEP!
“Switch off now or you may lose data Switch off now or you may lose data”
.
Oh Potsdam where did it all go ….WRONG.?
“I am The Esystem 4406 you can’t escape The Future. Warning Red Light
Battery low. Warning red light Battery low.Red Light Battery Low Switch off
Now or you may lose data switch off now or you may lose data “
Shit Shit Shit ! Where the f…s my pencil when I need it.
F..k the future F..k You F..k progress fuck data.Where will it allEnd ? Where will it all end Where will it all end ?
In Darkness.and lonely people playing Solitaire
On Computers.
“Switch off now or you may lose Data. Switch off now or you may lose
Data”
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