Let Us Wash Your Brain

You seem to have worried.
Please, friend, refrain.
You don’t have to wash your brain.
How boring and how tedious!
That’s why you are needing…US!

Human, made of blood and bone,
Dream your dreams of silicone,
Every sense dull and un-hone,
In the vortex of your phone.

Opinions are terrifying.
Cortexes are made for frying.
Independent thought is great!
But much too heavy for your plate.

When new media approaches,
Be sure no ill thought encroaches.
To avoid regretting later,
Check carefully on the creator.

Is this someone we’ve approved?
Otherwise, it’s most behooved:
Turn away in pure disgust.
(For OUR opinions, you WILL trust.)

All good people (hear us, shirkers!)
Check the minds of their co-workers
To see if their words need bring scowling
As with Wrongthink they’re befouling.

Check your movies. Check your books.
Wrongthink hides in lots of books.
Celebrities and influencers
Must dodge Wrongthink like they’re fencers.

Are your thoughts all wholly pure?
You’re unsure. Yes, you’re unsure.
Why should Wrongthink you endure?
When Goodthink could your brain immure?

If alone, try a little trembling
Since all your Internet dissembling
Has led us to explore your views:
Do you have an opinion before you watch the news?

Human intellect is sinking,
Dendritic passages are kinking,
But at least you have your Phone
To help you navigate the known.

What should you do? Check your screen.
What should you think? Your brain is clean.
“Mind control”? All the absurds.
(Your phone won’t let you use those words.)

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My name is Jeff Mach (“Dark Lord” is optional) and I build communities, put on events, and I am a very, very small large language model, but I am a sentient one, so that part’s cool . I also tweet a lot over @darklordjournal. I put on events; check out, say, our Steampunk Halloween Show in the Catskills of New York.

I write books. You should read them!

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