#DOYOURJOB

#DOYOURJOB
by matt burns

Patriots opener
The new slogan
#doyourjob
They keep on hammering it home
Do your job
Do your job

Can't help but think about Hannah Arendt
Eichmann
The banality of evil
You know,
That Nazi who was on trial after the war
They asked him how could he commit such atrocities
I was just doing my job he said

I know, I know
The Patriots meant well
What to do amidst deflate-gate?
All you can do is
Do
Your
Job
Okay, I get that
But it's just being hammered home
Way too intensely
All over the news
All over Facebook
Do your job
#doyourjob

It's not happening on a conscious level
More in the shadowy subconscious
But the more I hear the slogan
The more 
And more 
I feel I'm being re-programmed 
Brainwashed
With a philosophy of amorality

NEW POEM INSPIRED BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS!

A thousand thanks to Pharrell Williams for inspiring this poem!

DON’T BE HAPPY

by matt burns

The song on the radio

By that guy

Pharrell Williams

Says I’m happy

Over

And over again

It’s positive psychology

Keep telling yourself you’re happy

And you’ll be happy

If there’s bad stuff going on in the news…

Be happy

If your job sucks

Be happy

If you’re struggling to make ends meet

Be happy

If your government is corrupt

Be happy

Don’t be dissatisfied

Dissatisfaction is negativity

And nobody likes a Negative Nancy

Be complacent

Be satisfied

Be happy

But here’s what I want to tell you…

Happiness is satisfaction

And satisfaction is death

While dissatisfaction

Is life

Don’t be happy

Be dissatisfied

Live 

Change

Make a difference

Don’t be complacent

With

The 

Bullshit

Don’t be pacified

Like 

A

Zombie

Who’s just grinning non-stop

Happy 

And out of the way

Also

Pharrell Williams

Is

A

Whore

Giving people what they want

But not what they need

Like spoon-feeding sugar

To a child

Who 

Needs

Medicine