We have taken something
That could be used for good
And allowed it to be turned into a
Most dangerous weapon
Squawking screens in various forms
Wearing the cloak of information
Promising updates on the latest
News
Fashion
Finances
Isn’t it interesting that information
Does not always lead to Understanding
And bad information
Can make intelligent people
Ignorant
We’re searching for the truth
All the while knowing
We never really get the truth
What we get is the latest sensation
Twisted and blown up
Magnified into something that
Attracts or repels
Playing on the senses
Attracting our lower nature
Like a moth to the flame
The false light
Illuminating from a screen
On a tv, computer or phone
Throws off our internal navigation
We stop thinking for ourselves
We start listening to the message
Designed to be sensational
Selling ideas, products, beliefs
Pushing the drug of information
Addictive and poisonous
With an invisible chain
Tied to the controller
Sucking out the brain
While making believe
It is informing us
E.A. Fussell
07.01.2020
E. A. Fussell 