real lives
We can become too wrapped up
In a world that is not ours
To care what is going on outside
In the gutters
In the streets
In the schools
In the homes
In the real lives.
The lives of those who bear
Scars from their past, and who
Never recover what they have lost.
This is our world.
These are real lives.
And we're not going to
Change it through digital technology.
A beggar lies in the street
A spouse is beaten.
We maintain our bank balances,
Our egos, and our dot-coms.
Carly Findlay,
June 2000