Fear of Missing Out

He anxiously checks the radio
while driving trough the neighborhood
unconcerned with the asymmetry
unresponsive to the warning signs

After all it’s a human mind
fresh from the prairies
plugged into the matrix
and fearful of being left behind

Her mother has left at three
And missed all her glass visitations
She has been dazed and confused
jaywalking after dusk

All in all it was a human mind
fresh from the prairies
unplugged from the matrix
discarded and left behind

Fear of missing out, a castaway on an analog shore
Forgotten and ignored, with no updates from the core
But the children who were born connected
to the children who were born connected
they have no grounds to disengage

She has since returned to the prairies
to the fields undisturbed
where angels broadcast their urges
trough a guild of watchful censors

A naturally occurring group
free of Cambridgeness chicanery
where she can finally shines her soul
to an audience of sensitive peers

Fear of missing out, a castaway on an analog shore
Forgotten and ignored, with no updates from the core
But the children who were born connected
to the children who were born connected
they have no grounds to disengage

Fear of missing out, a castaway on an analog shore
Forgotten and ignored, with no updates from the core
But the children who were born connected
to the children who were born connected
to the children who were born connected…

Breathe, stay with me…
We’re going to take you in
No worry, your things are safe (yes, the bicycle too)

Breathe, stay with me…
Don’t worry insurance is fine, they will settle for anything
I heard it was a mis-configured sensitivity setting somewhere…

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(C) Adriano Rui Gominho

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