CHANGES



The world is changing for the worst
The computer is now in control;
The man came round with the IOUs
To cart away all of your dreams.

Unemployment is high, so very, very high
Yet prices are set to go even higher;
Television ads. plug wonder drugs
That work by sheer magic (or so it seems)!

The whole world is on your back to conform
To give up your fantasies of being a writer;
Give up your hopes, to fit into the norm
Fit right into the dreary old mainstream.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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The world is changing for the worst

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Written on March 23, 2011

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 29, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXAA XBAA CBCX XAX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 518
Words 100
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3

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