30 Poems in 30 Days: The Way (19/30)

Posted by Daniel Stout on Tue 19 Jun 2007 at 12:31 PM

19 June 2007

The Way
by Daniel R Stout

Technology has replaced
religion as the cornerstone
of people’s lives.
Technology saves the lives
of sinners who don’t know
how to spend money.
It’s googlelust for the latest.
Instead of the asceticism
of piety,
technology exudes
the prophecy of more is more.
Who will save your soul?
Dell or Apple?
It’s a religious decision
of operating systems and
corporate cultures
but don’t deceive yourself
and say it is
philosophical
because this steady
diet of iPhones
and HDTV is corrupting
your soul
to the perversion
of consumerism.
Your life is in service
to the companies
that make
technology.
Your saint, Bill Gates.
Your saint, Steve Jobs.
The religion of technology
is false hope
that life is better
with devices
that kill the air
and burn the water.
That emptiness
in your soul
comes from
the dependence
of Modern Man
on the tools
of a technological age
to communicate.
Turn off the iMac
and go outside
and talk to people
face-to-face.
It will hurt
at first
but you will
be happier
that way.

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