A Wilderness of Billboards
Screentime, covert advertising, and the internet in general
Welcome to the land of the grand, bland and annoyed
Feel free to do a little shouting into the void
Nobody gives a single shit what you may have to say
But our play is we pray you say it anyway
So lie down, get comfy! Make yourself at home
You'll never feel alone so long as you own a phone
Keep scrolling now
You're on a roll now
Slide a little deeper into that rabbit's hole now
We call this free speech
The World Wide Web's within your reach
So flash a selfie and post up your peach
But it's all manufactured reactions
A world-wide web of instant distractions
And shallow gratifications
To blind your eyes to the slow creep of each corporate leech
To bend your ears towards the doctrines those corporate priests preach
To busy your hands with subscriptions to performative factions
To bind your life in the practical inaction of compulsive consumption
Welcome to the land of the fans, brands, and cheap toys
We call this free speech but it's only a ploy
To keep you spending and spinning in the chase for real joy
So boot up your screens and boot up your feet
And march left right left to the capitalist beat
Or
Fuck off from the land of the ads and the fads and the lies
And flex your freedom by saying bye bye to buys
About the Creator
Sam Spinelli
Trying to make human art the best I can, never Ai!
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Comments (3)
Bye bye to buys, I especially loved that!
Absolutely killer! A sharp, rhythmic punch to the gut of consumer culture. It reads like a rebellious anthem—cynical, witty, and dripping with truth. Loved the flow and wordplay!
Oh wow! This was BRILL.