"TURN THIS COMPUTER OFF - IT'S NOT GETTING YOU ANY CLOSER" The Anarchives Volume 3 Issue 7 The Anarchives Published By The Anarchives The Anarchy Organization The Anarchives tao@lglobal.com Send your e-mail address to get on the list Spread The Word Pass This On... --/\-- The / / \ \ Internet ---|--/----\--|--- Sucks \/ \/ /\______/\ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ as a preface, jay wanted me to state at the outset that the people described in this poem are not I and I, but rather a Kafkaesque part of our collective psyche that is in desperate need of awakening. this was a spontaneous response to immersion into an accelerated culture. I and I are fine, peace unto all, keep it live... -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ -=~ THE INTERNET SUCKS Corporate cowboys Smokin' strong BC-Bud Lookin' for herion or cocaine. Spending their days Hard-Wired into the machine Spending their nights Dosed on any number of drugs. Twenty-two year-old webMASTER Sedated with corporate ca$h Gets paid to do shit Except look smart When the suits walk by. "I had this quarter bag of grass that was laced with crack. I got crazy high from smokin' pinners. It lasted long, almost a week." A professional corporate slacker, Covers his ass and nothing more. Smart enough to revolutionize The technological revolution itself, Yet sedated enough to Just not give a shit. Young, bright, and even conscious He did see the world for it's truth. Now nihilism distorts his actions And he courts death and destruction As a welcomed alternative. "All I do is get up, goto work, Come home, get blitzed and pass out. I think I'm dying, I think I'm dissolving. Man, The Internet Sucks. editors (there is a light at the end of the tunnel) epilogue: although the fog may be thick, and the road seems mighty bumpy, there's a good storm a brewin, and with it rides radical change. http://www.lglobal.com/TAO/ ___ ___ ___ / /\ / /\ / /\ / /:/ / /::\ / /::\ / /:/ / /:/\:\ / /:/\:\ / /::\ / /:/ /::\ / /:/ \:\ /__/:/\:\ /__/:/ /:/\:\ /__/:/ \__\:\ \__\/ \:\ \ \:\/:/__\/ \ \:\ / /:/ \ \:\ \ \::/ \ \:\ /:/ \ \:\ \ \:\ \ \:\/:/ \ \:\ \ \:\ \ \::/ \__\/ \__\/ \__\/ -------------------------------------------------------------- To receive the Anarchives via email send a note to Majordomo@lglobal.com with the message in the body: subscribe anarchives To get off the list, send to the same address but write: unsubscribe anarchives Also check out: http://www.lglobal.com/TAO/