Plato’s Cave Update
(Don’t Turn Off Your Device)
On the rear wall of Plato’s cave these days
Is mounted a LG OLED evo screen,
Best Quantum Matrix Technology seen
So far. And twenty-four-seven there plays
Corporate sport of all national flavours,
To fascinate those wearing the favours.
Wars and disasters, the various ways
People can be filmed dying, through a haze
Of smoke and dust. All too much? Flick between
Channels, no need to fret as the world’s been
Hermetically sealed behind glass, our gaze
Misdirected so our view never wavers.
Unless viewers wrest control of what occurs
They will remain simply passive voyeurs.
D. A.