“Long Live the Powercut: The Little EMP Blast That Could” (A Poem)

By Martin Anton Smith martinantonsmith@gmail.com

The War: Neurotypical Nouveau Riche

Vs The Non Neurotypical Underclasses

The Battleground Now: The World Before The EMP Blast

The Battleground Later – After The Blast.

They The Neurotypical Nouveau Riche

Had It Good As Kings Of The World

With their Modern Day Slavery Perfected

Via Propaganda They Intentionally mislabelled Their Slaves & Slavery As:

“The Working Poor”

“Minimum Wage Economy”

“The Working Classes”

But After The Blast

Guerrilla Warfare Will Be The Norm

Their Money Land, Stuff & Influence

Gone With The Electron

Their Daimlers As Dead As the Dodo

Their Worst Nightmare Came True

Yes – This Was The EMP Blast That Could, And Did.

The Underdog Thrives In Chaos

No Structure Favours The Slaves

And Their Natural Leaders – The Non Neurotypicals

We Can Make Things

We Can Problem Solve

While Our Slave Masters Become As Newborn Babies

They Will Only Want To Hold On To Power

But After The EMP Blast

The Fallout Will Be The Medicine

They Were Afraid Of Their Destiny

So They Rallied Against It

Deluding Themselves

But As They Felt History Approach

They Felt The Warmth Of The Approaching Firestorm:

The EMP BLAST

The Day They Would Face Judgement

Judgement Day

The Date Was The Near Future.

And Thirty-Six Weeks Later

The War Was Won

With The Feeling of ‘Aftermath’ Enveloping Us Swiftly

We Didn’t Talk Much Of Our Former Slave Bosses

The World Was Refreshed

The War Was Won

We Did What Was Natural

And The Legends Of the War Were Encoded

Into The Cultural Artefacts

Of Our New Traditions

A Bedrock Of ‘A New Beginning’

A Non Neurotypical World

Was Dug Out Of The Earth

By The Little EMP Blast That Could.

Epilogue:

But Did It Last?

Or Did Corruption’s Tentacles Return

As A Ghost Riding The First Returning Electrons

When the Power One Day Came Back On?

You Will Know The Answer When I Ask You This:

What Year Is It – & Are You Reading This On Parchment?

If Yes – Rejoice!

If Not – Dark Forces Have Again Returned.