Sonnet 2



TITLE: Free Speech Clinic I

Date of composition: 30/01/2019



Innokenty made a phone call. That was
A big mistake. But his downfall was not
All on him. Sologdin played his part.
They all did. The zeks, the engineers. They

Authored a voice recognition device.
Well done, boys! Only problem is, it’s used
To hunt down dissidents. Ain’t that a bitch.
It’s tough when there’s only one employer.

Forced labour, what a concept. But do we
Have it much better? You need a state stamp
To work now. Monopoly's taking hold.
It's called surveillance capitalism,

Or is it high-tech communism? Mere
Quibbles over names. The point is, we're slaves.










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