Wouldn't it be funny / if social media / were used for surveillance /
only everyone knew / but never spoke about / how our governments treat /
unwelcome guests, by whom, / and who decides, of course, / the silent citizens /
little does anyone / know how the FBI / operates to root out /
dangerous characters, / like in a pot boiler, / or mystery novel, /
needless to say, we live / online, aware or not / of acts of surveillance /
to inquire with Facebook, / Twitter and Instagram, / among all the others, //
is to run a gauntlet, / if you survive, you live, / otherwise you may lose /
the very things you hold / near and dear to your heart, / family, friends, property, //
billions of dollars spent / to observe the public / as does the evening news, /
each morning, the paper / pitched onto your front porch, / if you're lucky, that is //
from a kid on a bike, / a person in a car, / just in time to inform /
undeniable facts / about other people / for your entertainment, /
not an education / with nothing ever learned, / but an experience, /
now, you can get on with / your day, knowing the world / is in good hands, the bad /
yes, locked up after trial / and conviction, sentenced / to surveillance by law. //
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