side-effects of “civilized” idiocy

chronic western perpetual stress---
side-effect of the neon lit metropolis
side-effect of the wonderful illusion of “democracy”
side-effect of the dog-devour-dog reality of
capitalism,
always growing stronger, always eliminating other forms
of life, always eliminating other ways of life,
always demanding to the population of the world that
this is the way of the present &
this is the way of the future---
keeping us alert 24/7, keeping the eyes open
staring at screens, keeping the ears peeled with
mass quantities of decibels thumping wildly into our
eardrums, keeping the body a’twitch, keeping the insides
paranoid, keeping the body wallowing
(overweight & difficult to shed it, underweight & difficult to
gain it), keeping the heart pounding, keeping the muscles
tense, keeping sleep & rest a long distance away,
keeping us in a constant moment of
response to whatever echoes around us,
regardless of whether this stimulating destructor is
in fact
something to be terrified of at all
&
this is how we count the coffee spoons
this is how we grow old & die
this place that we have manufactured is no long for our living
so we push ourselves to develop the coming machines that will
replace us &
they live amongst us now,
doing things 5 times faster than we ever hoped &
never tiring,
without the need to worry about the deterioration of an organic body
without the need to suffer from
what will inevitably do all of us in
who still have blood flowing in our veins.