The Age of the Technocrats

In the Eighties
we were told,
the world would become technologically bold,
to help pave the way,
for the Millennium to unfold.

We'd have virtual sex,
in a simulated context,
so bodies wouldn't connect,
to help stamp out the S.T.D. hex.

Robots would be there to serve,
and jet powered vehicles would swerve,
in mid air around architectural curves.

There'd be moving sidewalks.
No more long walks.
Only short talks.

Food in pill form,
would be the new norm,
and behavioral reform
would make everybody conform.

Skip ahead to the technological reality of today,
it's a scheme to make you pay,
it failed to pave the way,
for people to rise above two dollars a day.

Western governments invested in the drone,
to bomb terrorism back to the age of stone.
What happens when terrorists develop a drone of their own,
 and drop bombs on your grandchildren's home?

Necessity as the mother of invention,
is an outdated mode of intention,
a quaint anecdote of convention.

Real technology looks past immediate need,
the poor it will strive to feed,
but not Monsanto seed.

Real technology seeks to improve,
the lot of humanity's brood,
not the lives of the wealthy few.

There's nothing that stifles creation like the corporation,
and their limited focus on monetary enumeration,
individual evaluation,
and overall summation,
they cut the cord on innovation.

Real technology is rooted in benevolence,
not statecraft and malevolence,
it's aim should be to elevate human intelligence,
not perpetuate our historical irrelevance.

With its focus on profit and war,
technology is no more,
now that you got your stuff at the Apple store,
you can keep your mind locked in a drawer.