This Machine Kills Freedom

This Machine Kills Freedom

The electric buzz overhead
vibrating power lines feeding
into every house, draining
dollars, but lighting the night.
This machine kills the freedom
to fall asleep at dusk, or to rise
only at the break of dawn.
This machine kills the freedom
to turn off the computer
and talk to your friends on a
lazy summer evening.
or does it only allow us to
destroy our own freedom.