"Slave to the machine"

"Slave to the machine"

Work your fingers to the bone

Buy the latest iphone

Top of the range car in the drive

Got to keep going to feel alive

Working 80 hour weeks

Expensive aftershave reeks

Holidays in the sun

No fun

Too busy thinking of mon

Got to stand out, be the best

Shining over all the rest

Got this, got that

You really are a fat cat

Keeping up with the Jones

Love to hear your neighbours moans

As they envy your lot

Everything you have bought

Your health starts to fail,

Too many hours reading mail

Working through the early hours,

deadlines over impowers

You now have time to wonder why,

you wasted your life getting high

On your own power trip,

you finally lost your grip

Never stopped to smell the roses,

 marvelled at your child's poses

Read a book, took that walk

With a stranger, had a talk

Lived in the moment, had a long lie

It's too late now your going to die

You can't take it with you, when your gone

but you knew that all along!

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Reviews

[Saoirse K.]

i'd say you hit some sort of nail on the head here
but it would seem the time for hammers and hitting things
is disappearing quickly in the rear-view
of an indefinitely accelerating vehicle
headed to some fast approaching dystopian future
it's a shame to have missed the off ramp for the scenic route
now miles behind and out of reach
poignant piece
nicely done

[KT-B]

Thank you for your poetic review, very clever, an ode in this review itself! - I love your name, how do you pronounce it? - thank you for taking the time to read and review, much appreciated :)

[Saoirse K.]

my pleasure
and thank you
i pronounce it sear-sha
but depending on where you're from and your accent it varies wildly

[Paul Bell]

It must be a 21st-century thing.
You plug yourself to sleep, battery charged ready for the next day.
People die all around you, but you're to busy to notice till that fateful day.

[KT-B]

haha sad but true Paul - what happened to a more leisurely life in the rapid progress of computers and machinery? never happened - maybe one day we'll all be replaced by robots and we can lounge til our hearts content :)

[Paul Bell]

Got a feeling we might be fighting the robots.

[free spirit]

Enjoyed the reality of your poem and it may hit home to many.
This is a wake up call and a reminder that life is short we should stop and smell the roses..
Take care...

[KT-B]

thank you for reading and reviewing - yes sadly I know too many who work too many hours, it's a hard one in this day and age where everyone wants everything here and now - it's a bit harsh but the poem is a reminder life is very short :( X