Tagged

I'm not usually this serious...especially on a Friday...but here goes...

"The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind,happiness is better." George Orwell

Return to Sender

Boomerangs, Brent Geese, Letters

Library books- used to be stamped-now bar coded,

Salmon, Password protected stuff-in theory,

Passports-to Department of Foreign Affairs- in theory,

Seasons, Bottles-used to be bottle caps,

Stale bread, Past sell- by- date produce,

In general, in theory.

Finds are no longer finds

These items belong to somebody

And can, with effort, be returned.

Cats once wandered, still do

But can’t stray, not really.

Mine has strayed three times

And been returned

Like the recalcitrant prisoner

Who dug the tunnel, only to find

The Microchip on the other side.

Not that he ain’t happy here!

But he just likes to chase a leaf or butterfly

Now and again

Or a bee on his buzz-crawl

Of the local brew

And finds himself beyond

What he knows.

It’s safer to be tagged, I hear you say,

And that’s true.

But what about you?

Never mind the CCTV,

DNA and the Social Identity Card,

Your smart phone, your car reg plate

Your flat screen, your lap top

All monitor your every move-thought.

1984 is here

Big Brother is watching

And  Where's Winston? Never mind Wally!

Doublethink? Double speak? Newspeak?

Sound familiar?

Copyright with Cathy Leonard 2018