Off Course

Technocracy has overtaken our lives—
Mankind’s experience has forever been altered.
Human evolution has been thrown off course
by a ceaseless tantrum of distraction.

We must teach ourselves to concentrate.
It’s the only way to destroy these silicon vampires.

Heath Brougher is the editor-in-chief of Concrete Mist Press. He was the recipient of the 2018 Poet of the Year Award and is a multiple Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee. He has authored twelve books, the most recent of which is Beware the Bourgeois Doomsday Fantasy (Sandy Press, 2024). Read other articles by Heath.