out of the Kafka legacy


Buried alive

Stuck in the mud and buried alive
in the bog of the formalism of society
reducing you to a number
and letting you easily disappear
without a trace with no one missing you –
That's what has become of humanity,
ruining all nature in the process
of dehumanization and technification
from a human being to the monster of homo sovieticus
infecting the world with robotic inhumanity.
So let me out and let me breathe,
buried alive in a coffin in the church yard
waking up and brought to nothing for nothing,
against my will and without my cooperation.
I reject my number of society and my ID,
refusing to be reduced into a plastic card or into a chip,
since I will remain alive,
even if the whole human society goes under.




Poetry by Laila Roth
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Written on 2016-10-17 at 17:29

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one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
Very good, a dire warning. Personally, I feel outside of all that, invisible, I'm not sure why.
2016-10-18


F.i.in.e Moods The PoetBay support member heart!
This screams a strong alert in me... Very much enjoy your style of writing - thanks.
2016-10-18