If everything was so mechanically wired
The grey area between
Actuarial emotion and text book feeling
Wouldn't seem so abysmal
We've put our passion on auto pilot
Protest wars because it is expected
Of a generation who buys hippy kits from vintage stores
We breathe through coiled copper cords
Our lungs coated thick and black
With the ashes of cigarettes and dead revolutions
Our motivation for technological advancement
Is directly proportional to indifference
We wear the wheel that once led
Great inventors to three lines in history books
On the outside
Begging the world to look at our beautiful pseudo-intellectual babble
Knees bent at awkward angles because these days
We can't get the wheel to spin
Our internal resources aren't in the proper
Single file line order anymore
Author notes
Written March 6th, 2006
A contest entry
- What do you see #23 by leander.
300 points, ended March 14, 2006, 8 entries
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Slickening
This is damn good. The history jargin smacked me right in the face.. I mean.. damn. Ow! Very vivid, professional. Get off your ass, publish somethin', make some money. Don't waste away on AP.. don't! -
You have managed to come up with something that's very thought-provoking, using some refreshing lines within the poem in fact! thank you for entering the contest
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thanks!!for this
i absolutly love this one "passion on autopilot" that in itself is amazing! thank you for this please continue.
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