A Playful Misconception, A Childhood's Dream

We live in a world
where comics are called “graphic novels”
as they try to be more mainstream
because their sales has dwindled to a trickle

We live in a world
where hip hop is the new pop
that talks of only sex
as love becomes more general

We live in a world
where singers are mere faces
that execute the art of lip synchronisations
but are still embraced by the screaming puppets

We live in a world
where cartoons are called “animated movies”
where technology tries to replace actors
while audience are still charged the same rate for poor acting

We live in a world
where marketing is an essential art
that is used to sell anything
even if it was a useless piece of junk

We live in a world
where people are facing identity crises
because it is more interesting
to be someone else on the internet

We live in a world
that kids no longer know how to spell
as acronyms take over
and the “one PC for every child” policy materialises

We live in a world
where religion and colour are still barriers
where Sesame Street is rated R-18
and Santa is banned from greeting with “ho, ho, ho!”

So maybe that’s why
I no longer watch MTV
or listen to the radio
while live acoustic sets excite me the most

So don’t complain if
I choose to go for girls
who choose not to go for makeup
and who choose to speak proper English

We live in a world
where pasts are inkling bygones
but others hold on for the wrong reasons
like politics and punishments and wars

We live in a world
that’s hard to be real
if you don’t realise
that everything else is fake