A colorized drawing of an airplane losing the front wheel, and a garish store sign proclaiming a bargain.

Nobody Needs to Read Anymore

Apparently.
They’ve been getting us ready
for years,
dumbing down the signs
cutting out letters
drive thru
4 less
which doesn’t have to even make sense
the triggered sound
slides past
and workers do the jobs
until we get machines instead
they go through motions
told what to do
can’t read the manual
for manual labor
still can put together airplanes
whose wheels fall off

A colorized drawing of an airplane losing the front wheel, and a garish store sign proclaiming a bargain.
Planes falling apart and falling literacy rates.

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