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Private Poses

The secretest secret of all is you ain't

really got no secrets at all.

Does your privacy matter?

does it carry over?

Are you watched at work?

e-mails monitored?

cameras on the street and in the hall,

you are pre-approved,

the dinner time call !

Business has made it big business

to know all your business.

Ok, you have a gnarly toe,

should that information be bought and sold?

Where is the line?

anything recorded can be obtained.

Privacy...if you look around you'll know,

you might just as well smile and pose.

— themoonman, Jan 30, 2008

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Region, Country: South Carolina, United States, USA

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marieycoronado

18 years 3 months ago

yeah, you did hit a nerve,

yeah, you did hit a nerve, sometimes when I'm all by myself I wonder,I enjoy your writing..it's thought provoking
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 3 months ago

Hi Marie..

I like nerves...thank you for your much appreciated comments..
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waterdragon

18 years 4 months ago

Hey moonman!

This addresses a real issue, my friend! Good for you for taking it on! Two suggestions, if that's OK? You might want to change "buisness" to "business" in: "Buisness has made it big buisness to know all your buisness." and "knarly" to "gnarly" in "Ok, you have a knarly toe," I like the sarcasm and disdain in this good piece of work very much! Good job! Reverend Bec Hudson Shine Your Light It's the ONLY Way to Get Rid of the Darkness!
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 4 months ago

Hi waterdragon...

I thank you for reading my piece. I fixed it as I was laughing at myself for the spelling errors..crazy old me, I like to think of myself as kinda smart and my spelling gives it away..lol. I appreciate your comments very much..
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orgami

18 years 4 months ago

HAL

Mr Moonman my most fear of fears is that I am so important that I be watched by those of watchee's but you are right my freind and on occasion have smiled my smile but it is here that I reveal my inner bit by bit O P.S. Loved this poem of yours
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 4 months ago

Hi orgami...

I thank you for reading and taking time to comment..the site is growing so fast it is hard to keep up with all the poetry let alone comment. I love your comments. they are poems themselves.
dbaker

dbaker

18 years 4 months ago

Your Piece

Moon, I think the Rev. is right. correct your spelling and the piece will flow much better. Other than that, Way to go taking on the "man" like that! Solid thought provoking piece. What part of SC? I am now living in Columbia. All my best! -DS Baker
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 4 months ago

Hi dbaker...

Thanks for reading and commenting. I am not far from you. I stay in the York area. I am enjoying it here at Neopoet more every day, I think this site is going places.....
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

18 years 4 months ago

Private Poses

Should I laugh or be afraid? This is so truthful, and yet scary you did a good job on this one! Loved the ending
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 4 months ago

Hi Janice...

Thank you for reading and leaving such a great comment...It is getting a little scary isn't it..copies of our purchases are bought and sold..it seems downright illegal to me but it is done throughout the world.
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winterrain

18 years 4 months ago

I think this is great. A few

I think this is great. A few friends and I were talking and really it seems as though privacy is lost. Quite witty and a great read. Nice title by the way.
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 4 months ago

Hi winterrain..

Thank you for reading and liking my poem. Writing is my favorite thing to do and sometimes it comes out descent. Since I have coming here to Neopoet I have been working on my titles. The folks here are talented and I am just an old country boy with a few words rattling around in my head so when someone here actually likes my write I am always astounded.
Sinbadthesailorman

Sinbadthesailorman

18 years 4 months ago

Hey moon Nice job

I to worry and concern myself to the lack of ones own privacy in todays socity and spelling is a total loss for me too some times But I've order a new mother bord and will have to get a processor and new ram but My works should be able to be save Hard copies will be made very time one is completed or redone now once in the new home If people truely new the capabilities of our goverment and which they had and they have had we would go stark raven mad for they have been up in our bussiness for such a long time only when the need was derived or raised but now it is common place for one reason only $$$$$ the ability to create such wealth as to rival a goverment scares the hell out of those in power and I fear the life styles of the comic books is soon going to become a realality super heros and foes already are here just not yet quite define hence a matter of opinion my soon one day bring down/up such a villian an a Hero Sinbad/Donnie what one does not know can definatly hurt us all
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 3 months ago

Hi Donnie...

Thank you for reading..and you are right, the government has and is in our business big time...but its not just them now its the coorperations buying and selling our names..purchase something and it leaves a paper trail..thank you for the comments.
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Taurus1970

18 years 4 months ago

Moonman, I am laughing OUT

Moonman, I am laughing OUT LOUD at this one...This is a great poem...what a hoot! I cannot TELL you how paranoid I feel sometimes...when withdrawing money at an ATM, knowing I'm being filmed...when I'm (gasp!) in a fitting room or (gulp!) in a public restroom and I'm all worried and looking around for the one-way glass or where the video cameras are hidden...or wondering if I'm live on the web somewhere...thank you for making one of my sick, personal paranoias come to life in your work!!! LOL. Enjoyed this very much!!
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 3 months ago

Taurus...

I am glad you enjoyed my little write..thank you for reading..I have checked those mirrors myself...
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poewriter58

18 years 3 months ago

1984 all over

It reads like 1984(George Orwell) all over again I do like the last line of this poem it just brings it all home in a neat little package try waving hi to the atm camera sometime. The only issue I take is in using the word secretest I do believe most secret would fit in there nicely what do you think nice bit of writing Chrys
themoonman

themoonman

18 years 3 months ago

Hi Chrys...

Thanks for reading..When I originaly started writing this poem I was writing it to a five year old...I thought that secretest was kinda cute, so I left it in, but most secret does work better...thanks again for reading and commenting..
whitetea

whitetea

17 years 8 months ago

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Our modern lifestyle is so far from reality, we're so far from our roots and the things that are still functional for life seem to be replaced sooner or later by something faster. I love this.