Living in the Machine part V

by estory

Inside of the machine, you can watch the science programs

On which the machine explains evolution,

The network of co dependant species,

The delicate balance of nature and the environment.

On the televison screens

There are images of cross pollinating plants,

The insects pollinating them,

Birds feeding on the insects,

Foxes feeding on the birds,

Bears feeding on the foxes,

People feeding the bears in the national parks.

On the television screens

There are images of volcanos erupting,

Glaciers melting, ice bergs calving,

Smoke stacks, train cars hauling coal,

Loggers cutting down forests in the Amazon.

Outside the window, a crane hoists steel beams

Becoming affordable housing projects,

A bulldozer ploughs over a city park

Destined to become a luxury condo tower.

On another channel the machine shows off

Equipment used to grow meat from vagabond cells

In vast laboratories hooked up to the power grid.

The machine calls it 'progress.'

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I wanted to demonstrate in a few little scenes how those who control the media can shape public opinion simply through the stories and images they air on the media. It may not have much to do with reality or real life. But it is the real life in our collective consciousness. Again this is in a spare, spartan style, machine like and dead panned to underscore the theme. estory

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