Dystopia Distraction

I am all weird & reactive

Running out into traffic 

Because somebody

On the sidewalk said

A mugger was coming

And now

I am starting to believe that 

I would make 

An excellent citizen of Oceania

I would scream the loudest

At that monstrous screen

And, if this were Fahrenheit 451,

I would spend my days

At the demolition parks

Smashing everything

With great enthusiasm

Then I would go home

Put my earbuds on

And weep

And if I roamed the

Polluted allies of The Sprawl

I would, at best,

Be a 

Meat puppet

And, at worst,

Linda Lee.