Friday, August 06, 2004
adbusting
for my last birthday, i was given a 2 year subscription to adbusters magazine. it is a great read, and definitely a more intellectual read than your average news stand trash. always controversial, the magazine never fails to challenge a persons thinking. last week, via email, there was a challenge going out to its readers, to write a creative piece about life post-world economic crash, etc. so i happily went to work, and came up with this little number. I submitted it, and am waiting to hear a response from the editors...
AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER
the world has gone apocalyptic
nobody can say they never expected it
for upright walking, opposable thumbed, large brained, rational thinking critters, we sure set a cracking pace
in only a few thousand years we've fucked up the planet and the whole human race
from inventing the wheel, writing, language, automobiles, airplanes, computers, and putting man on the moon
we've invented swords, catapults, AK-47's, tanks, anthrax, and weapons of mass destruction that go boom
we've clear cut the forests, polluted all waters, out fished the oceans, ripped a hole in the sky
all in the name of progress and a larger corporate capitalist piece of the pie
take a good look about you, at this mess created while you stood around quiet
so much for your SUV, and your safe suburban gated community after the global riot
back to hunting and gathering and caves for shelter. funny, we're all on the same level
blame it on every country, religion, and society if you want because in all man is the devil
we allowed the murder of billions, the end to art, music, love, poetry, and all its worth
humans, we're better off giving up and dying, allowing roaches to inherit the Earth
so now that the world has gone to shit
what did you ever do to stop it?
AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER
the world has gone apocalyptic
nobody can say they never expected it
for upright walking, opposable thumbed, large brained, rational thinking critters, we sure set a cracking pace
in only a few thousand years we've fucked up the planet and the whole human race
from inventing the wheel, writing, language, automobiles, airplanes, computers, and putting man on the moon
we've invented swords, catapults, AK-47's, tanks, anthrax, and weapons of mass destruction that go boom
we've clear cut the forests, polluted all waters, out fished the oceans, ripped a hole in the sky
all in the name of progress and a larger corporate capitalist piece of the pie
take a good look about you, at this mess created while you stood around quiet
so much for your SUV, and your safe suburban gated community after the global riot
back to hunting and gathering and caves for shelter. funny, we're all on the same level
blame it on every country, religion, and society if you want because in all man is the devil
we allowed the murder of billions, the end to art, music, love, poetry, and all its worth
humans, we're better off giving up and dying, allowing roaches to inherit the Earth
so now that the world has gone to shit
what did you ever do to stop it?
