Cyber War Won

By Jim Hanson

Attention Americans!
War is now Peace.
Connectivity is Security.

The First World Cyber War
to have the final virus
and end all wars is won.

As you read this news:

You are selected for cyber security
as a digitalized node on the Internet
and consumer of infinite data clouds.

You are protected from spyware and malware
by having passwords to authorized websites
and to assure access and guarantee privacy.

You are excepted from the foreign viruses
as bears and dragons are deleted and dumped
in recycled bins with the click of a key.

You are elected as the privileged user
of the world-wide cyber feedback system
made secure by Prism program surveillance.

You are connected – no need to get off line.
Everything is on line, every user included.
Nothing exists outside the digital text.

You are

channeled to
<www.wifi.com>

figured in
0’s and 1’s

reduced to
bits and bites

exiled to
infinite clouds.

Sleep well with Orwell.

You are being

Looked after.

Jim Hanson is a retired Senior Researcher at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, where he worked and taught in community development. He resides in the St. Louis area. He has a doctorate degree in sociology and is a lay-ordinated Zen Buddhist. In past years, he has published two books through Greenwood Publishing Group and numerous articles in the social sciences. He is a member of the St. Louis Poetry Center, participating in workshops and reading at Poetry at the Pointe. His current interest is writing poems about death and justice.

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