POETRY: The Luddite Watches

The state of surveillance, the surveillance state
Cameras flashing and filming everywhere
Microphones recording everything from car horns to intimate moans
Drones above head, all the data mined is sold 
Now there are ads for new vehicles and sex toys 

This is the new world where nothing is private 

All should be known by all 

There are no secrets that will enthrall 

There is nothing confidential, no clandestine climate

Privacy destroyed!

There is no hiding place from the eyes of control

There is no recourse for our groans 

We will be watched, "for our care"

No debate

Lenses will not be the only watchful eyes

The luddite watches from behind the blinds

Waiting to tell, to disclose 

All that has been unsanctioned, what is unwarranted

Willing and unsanctioned agents of the state, tough

A pat on the head is payment intently

Scared of their skeletons being exposed

The luddite is not technology opposed 

They use and adopt it all, instantly!

The luddite does not want their life to be rough

So all of the actions of their neighbors, to authority forwarded 

Against the technocrat they will never be deposed

The luddite will only testify to their class' crimes

For who they volunteer, their crimes denied 

The luddite watches more than the lenses on your tv and computer

The luddite listens more than the microphones in your washer and refrigerator 

The luddite is the most wanted viewer 

The luddite will be the greatest privacy invader