Pop Poetry: Part II #Ekphrastic By Grassy Knoll You will not be able to log on, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and jack off Because, the Revolution will not be on Social Media. You won’t be able to update your status With hashtags, check-ins or live-tweets— The Revolution will not be on Social Media. Reddit will not carry The top ten moments From the Revolution’s red carpet, The Revolution will not be on Social Media. You won’t be able to upload Your pictures of the Revolution Through colorful filters or a fish-eye lens On your Instagram feed. The footage will not be going Viral on YouTube within thirty minutes Of the event itself, because the Revolution will not be on Social Media. You will not be able to Like the Revolution. You will not be able to Tag the Revolution. You will not be able to Retweet the Revolution. You will not be able to Share the Revolution. You will not find a link to a Twenty question quiz to find out which character From the Revolution’s best moments your Personality is most like. The Revolution will not be Funded by pop-ups, banner adds, Hit counters or corporate sponsorship— The Revolution will not be on Social Media. The Revolution will not be The best part of waking up, or The best a man can get, or America’s favorite neighbor. The Revolution will not ask you to Have it your way, Eat fresh, or say I’m lovin’ it. The Revolution will not be carried On Fox News’ behemoth, touch-screen, Interactive news-wall with a scrolling Feed of live-Tweets along the bottom. The Revolution will not be condensed Into a sound-bite for the sake of Wolf Blitzer, who will never quite know What the Situation is, in his Situation Room. The Revolution will not have its platitudes Superimposed over adorable pictures of Kittens, in “L337 Sp33k” captions like: “I Kan Haz Dat Revolution?” The Revolution will not be on Social Media. People will no longer care If Justin Bieber was racing under the influence, If the Bachelor gave the rose to the right girl, Or what the hell Miley Cyrus had in her bong. Duck Dynasty, 16 and Pregnant, Honey Boo Boo, Dream School, Teen Mom 2 & the Bad Girls Club Will cease to be so goddamn relevant. Users will not have reviews On Yelp Or YP Or Huffington Post. The Revolution will not Be captured on SnapChat; The Revolution will not Be trending in three languages. The Revolution will not be compatible with iPhone, The Revolution will not be compatible with Android. The Revolution will not Make your smile up to Five shades Whiter. The Revolution will not Kill the germs which May cause bad Breath. The Revolution will not Activate scrubbing bubbles For that deep down Clean. The Revolution will not Eliminate odors and Freshen. The Revolution will not be on Social Media. The Revolution will be no Retweet Brothers, The Revolution will be Live.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 05:54:03 +0000
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