The Angle
Volume 2001 | Issue 2
Article 9
2001
"The following [poem] is a paid advertisement…"
Ann Stanley-Barry
St. John Fisher College
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Stanley-Barry: "The following [poem] is a paid advertisement…"
Ann Stanley-Barry
"The following [poem] is a paid advertisement. . ."
there are no revolutions anymore
no one sees the need for
radkal change. .
,
ue've all been programmed
at a young age
to beliare all our problems can be
solved in half hour slots and
that taking any longer is
irrational. . .
r,re've been given 20 second
attention spans- programmed so
anytring that takes longer to leam, is not
a theme song and presented
accompanied
I
in
tchni<olor
is too much for us. . .
wele been fed on imhnt
Eatificaiot, shallorv
goah and self
loafiing.
..
ne've been brainnshed into belladng
products, produced by the
corporations that run this country,
are the only cure br our
poblems. . .
that happiness edsb only through
the accumulation of money; money
to support our corporate societyi money
to buy products produced to
cure orr groring insecurity- wftich is produced
to insure their security:
profit.,.
but wtrat of our oivn Profit
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The Angle, Vol. 2001, Iss. 2 [2001], Art. 9
programmrn9
is called programming
br
a reason; but
our deadefled minds
reject the obvious
hcts
of our odstence. .
.
if we see the need for change,
for solutions, for happiness- ye can
flick the snitch and we are dosed with
instantly gratiling xenarios presented
to quell our ftars, our
desires. .
.
it's HuxlE's soma via radio waves, . .
we've all been programmed
to be addicted to a box
carrying lies; that ue've been
socialized to beliel,e because
h's easier that way. .
.
and !rc've been taught
that they easy way is
the best way. . .
so, v/€ get our fix
and rest easy beliwing
there!
a norld in wfiich
solutions come effortlessly; in which
revolutions are unncessary; in which
thought is consistent with
advertising; in v{hich
arerything's
easy. .
.
Decause
we've been programmed
to live vicariously in a uorld
based on unreality and believe in
the reality of fiction over
hct...
and that
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