Wires In The Walls


from the ABC set 2007

Wires in the walls are no longer a delusion,
now there is information coded in the atmosphere.

Colours change my moods; a visual form of Prozac,
as subtle as a Rorschach test without the ink blots.

When the television talks, I know the voices that I hear
are in my head and fear the programming to follow.

Chased by famous faces, I see the telltale glint of glass
in artificial eyes as I pass and pose for hidden cameras.

Haunted by a hands-free conversation at cross-purpose,
I notice patterns in the chaos, which I record and then -

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