A Pamphlet For Modern Living

Turn up the blaring TV screen
And bask in the quiet of the din.
Sleep often and forget the dreams
You’ve hidden all your worries in.

While showering, turn up the heat
And hum a bland repeating song.
Please move by rote - keep up the beat.
Try not dwell, and you can’t go wrong.

For lengthy thinking is the bait
That modern workers must avoid.
Every sense you must satiate,
And there is much you can employ.

Ocean noises are a must
(electronic or otherwise).
City noises can adjust
For thoughts that fear and sympathize.

Scented candles: use with care
to fill the nose and empty brains.
Pangs of love can be repaired
With faster cars and faster trains.

Now in your hands are all the means
To free your mind from human sin.
Sleep often and forget the dreams
You’ve hidden all your worries in.


Anonymous
3/19/2006
11:31:36 PM