MUTATION

Charles Darwin tourist,monkeying evolutionary
did not know of Dolly clones or DNA
Wired children adept fingering keyboarding
linked virtually instantly worldwide webbing
Lightning speed digitalis-compounded infomaniacs
GOOGLE earth as noun and verb!
YAHOO! true to etymological origins!
Now ,as Pakistan censors FACEBOOK
and China monitors all Internets
Crush and clash of cultures-
between OPEN and CLOSED,CONTROLLED and FREE
simple as access to information(technology-we
are wired together -from the shooting of Neda
to the killing of Turkish Americans
BP website spills 24 hours a day
and still we cannot soak it all in
Our children are faster and more superficial
instant ,quick and disposable as bytes of information
They adjust to a visual whirl-they fit in.
We who grew through handmade,handheld cultures
cannot believe that all image is modified for content
and that surveillance is universal.Infowars control responses
from September 11 to propaganda speeches
Bombed until dulled down/numbed down
we watch zombies as entertainment.Change the channel!
Community radio volunteers the unpalatable-
that we are still agents of change and responsible
No scapegoating corporate criminals PR agencies
We drive the cars that need the oil that spills the seas
as do our children-all wishing for clean energies
Wind,and sun,sail and tides still sing-
we are mutating in our very DNA /elementally...