One More Goddamned Commercial and I'll Crack

[dune]

If I see one more flashing blip-vert
hawk some holy capital jingle on a screen,
then dear preacher, I will turn insane.

I need that car; it will make life complete.
The Machine never rests, and God knows
I need bought fulfillment on a stick.

If I have to listen to one more Ayn
tout consumer madness from its Shrine,
I might lose what's left of my greedy mind.

[dune]

That's not to say that selling or buying is bad.
It has always come up in history; I need this thing
whatever it is, and right now, and it might even
be legit, check who owns the latest facts,
and just go!go!go!

Go!

[WIREMAN]

i been free of the car thing for 5 years, best thing i ever did...if i really need one i rent one to go to a show or event...most times somebody offers to take me....threw the tv out the window too, back when bush 2 got elected, another excellent move....no car payment, no car insurance, no gas....just take the train to town....no stupid sitcoms or commercials...no cable fees....its so easy to do and u wonder why u ever needed all that crap....only thing is ya gots to live in town....and i love that immensely...

[dune]

Ah, but if you just had that car, the one that is pushed so relentlessly onscreen, it could be the breakthrough; it could change your life! Well, except we both know that it's just a car . . .

[saw]

gotta good chuckle on this one, and of course I totally agree....it's good to be on a poetry site where there are some folks that think the way I do, so I don't feel like such a freak, when I'm with my family...and even friends...ha....it all seems like decay at times, yet decay that is still being embraced by the masses....that's probably why artists, writers, poets, musicians always lead the way to social change....'cause they see shit.....and report it..ha ha

[the mingo]

so I don't feel like such a freak

ha! we all freaks don't ya know - ya got dune on his mission to carpet bomb the hell out of western civilization - ya got wireman the big townie & lovin' it - and there's plenty more - we all freaks here - can't turn around in this place w/out bumping into one -

freak spoken freely here -

[dune]

Jesus Christ it's insidious. I went a long time without cable TV, but then the new roommate had to have it. My Gawd ....

[68degrees]

I love this thread.

Wireman...you ARE the man.

68degrees

[dune]

That's how it works. The Machine runs on an inexhaustible, ever-expanding supply of good little consumer units . . . And resources and land too (that's where the wars come in, protectin' that "way of life") . . . And so on . . .

And holy brain drain Batman, if you're actually trying to watch something, you gotta deal with these non-stop flashy, A.D.D. little nuggets of hypnosis over and over and over...

[shadowplay]

used to be 'erebody wanted cable
because it didn't have commercials
what the fuck happened to that

now drug companies advertise...not through reps hawking it at the doc's office...
they hawk it directly to the consumer!!
ask your doctor about...but make sure you tell him if you have a contraindicating condition
or what meds you're already on...and if you're healthy enough for sex...or if you have funguses or sores anywhere...or take nitrates for chest pain cuz your dick might fall right off

after every drug commercial, there's an advert for a horde of greedy lawyers at 1-800-BAD-DRUG waiting to exploit and profit from your misery

[Doreen Peri]

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