In Brevity

In brevity the worldly go
Succint succesful business flow
Efficient lines of perfect light
To reach two points
Before its sight.
Tabulated orchestry
Music charted constantly
Numbers identify the songs
No need to hear the band play on.
Citizens that talk in white
To never press another's right
While boxes hum preprocessed speech
And humans emulate machines

I thought the world was clearly gone
‘Til the drawn derisive drunkards song
From which I took nothing at all
But smiles, and laughs, and pleasure all.

Copyright © 2005 Prabhath Avadhanula