Cameras at the airports,
at the ATMs,
in the shopping centers,
and overlooking the highways.
Is your bathroom next?
What color did you wipe?

Hot moments in the bedroom
soon to be Security entertainment.
Be warned,
some forms of pleasure
may not be legal in your state.
They will wait
until you are done to arrest you though,
so they can replay the crime... at your trial.

Not worried because you do nothing wrong?
Are you sure?
Do you know all the rules?
Even the lawyers cannot keep up
when the rules change by the day
with new laws in volumes per year.

Ever had an illicit affair,
tried an altered state,
gone over the speed limit,
spit on a public sidewalk?
no more secrets,
they will find you out.

Better watch what you type,
they will read your e-mail and track you online.
Careful,
some of those web sites are illegal in your state,
even if by a mistyped URL or a malicious redirect.
Reading this may make you a suspect.

My question is,
who is watching the watchers?
Who will keep the security teems in check?
Not the US government,
they are the Watchers
watching you.

 

By Michael A. Crane, Jr.
Original Version: November 22, 2002
Version 2: November 24, 2002
Some stanzas adjusted for consistency across devices: June 24, 2019
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