This is a thriving, perfect world
Where golden dreams dance into life;
With technology's magic wand;
Sanctuary from today's strife;
A cool, commoditized Eden
Of story book fantasies,
And clockwork pictures of living,
Before the Fall's bitter coming.
Quaint symbols are replaced by fresh signs;
Where one shalt always follow arrows;
And where one shalt always stand in line;
Directed by warm currents and flows.
Blasts of hyper reality,
At affordable rates for all,
With wondrous waiting worlds to see;
Childhood digitally recalled.
A world of great progress and perks:
Of journeys to stars that dazzle;
Of mad parades and fireworks;
Of bright, pink fairy tale castles;
Of hot dog and pop corn pleasures;
Of reckless, preposterous pirates;
Desperately hunting for treasure;
Of heroes that pluck love from hate;
Of cartoon images made flesh,
Providing plastic transcendence;
Where's there no putrid scent of death;
Just a blurring of the senses -
(Just taste the sweet, swirling madness!)
Of immaculate scrubbed clean streets;
Of holidays all the year round;
Of grand, exotic mysteries;
Of international renown.
Compliant performers in costume
Radiate such rainbow tinged fun,
Like bold spring flowers in full bloom;
As cheerful as the summer sun.
There is always a song to sing
In swell, delightful Disney World.
There is always a neat ending
Where evil doers are defeated;
Where Mickey Mouse never ages;
For time has no meaning here.
The light of love shines on all faces;
For fairy dust removes all fears.
It's the perfect place for us dreamers;
(The price we pay is merely pride.)
For we are passive consumers
Who like to be taken for a ride.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
That's really an elaborated and outstanding approach to the contemporary society. To tell the truth, Micky Mouse was one of the heroes of my childhood. But you are definitely right, Dominic: cartoon images are able to enrich our lifes, but we should never replace experience of life by hyperreality as passive consumers. Thanks for reminding us, Dominic!
Thanks Lukas I'm so pleased you enjoyed the poem & grasped its inherent irony!