Source: Breakfast by The Evolution Control Committee
An Ode to a Slogan
“Feeling good is a philosophy”
Oh? Is that what it is?
Well, the ad says so, so I guess I’ll call it quits
and join your mobile network, oh rulers of la langue, teachers of wise secrets, gurus of capital
How you have raised up the populace with your kind patronage
and made for us connections at a price we can afford!
How kindly place you your slogans where we cannot miss:
(In a public jacks where once I pissed, the urinal spake thus: 50% off when you change networks to us!)
Yes, you have it sussed
in our face, your name, your sound, your pics
we cannot but be aware of your brand mix
your light is in the ether, you are written in the dust
your atoms dance salsa in pixels tossed
we must
acknowledge your pervasiveness, your ability to entrust
our petty minds with the brilliance of your efforts to sell us stuff
And here you’ve outdone yourself, oh marketing exec
channeling through the ages the wisdom of Hume, Kant, Descartes and the rest
But now that you’ve shone your enlightenment on this postmodern scene
I am left with just one question:
“Feeling good is a philosophy”?
What the fuck does that mean?
Source: An Ode to a Slogan from Barracuda, Lemon, Whale – Paul R. Buckle Archive
