out of the loop

every child should receive
a copy of Idiocracy and
Orwell's 1984 
to deal with the future,
the probable outcome
of years
without books.

an illiterate future
of lol's and wtf's
scattered across
liquid crystal screens
intended for movies
and pornography.

Big Brother isn't
out to get you,
you've already been had.
you've already become
a part of the problem.

our education system is
defunct, downplayed,
manipulated, and done.
no one really seems to care.
they gave us an answer.
they told us the money had
dried up and we believed them.

we're not doomed. we've just
been downplayed. we're not stricken.
we've been struck.

how can we believe anything
they tell us when everything they say
is the potential for a lie, a spin, a
doctoring of the facts? we only hear
what they want us to know. we only
see what they want us to be shown.

so we're not down, we're just out.
out of our wits,
out of facts,
out of the game,
out of time.

and the only one we have
to blame
is ourselves.
we let it happen by not
standing up when the
standing was good.
we rolled over and let them
take command over every
facet of our lives.

and now we're pissed because
the lottery profits aren't really
going to the schools. all of the art
programs are gone. homelessness
is on the rise. our jobs are at risk.
and there's no such thing as a
living wage.

but we've allowed for corruption.
the penalty is less than the crime.
home sentenced with a slap on the wrist.
we're not down.
we're not yet beaten.
we're only out of the loop.
and we've brought it upon ourselves.