2030

The glass domes look like small blisters
in the place of cities that have been abandon
because the air has turned to toxic to breath,
but before it did sanity just faded away,
governments were consumed by personal prejudices,
until the new leadership was based
on some private bias and preferences.

In the land of the red, white and blue,
this brought about regional empires
run by extremists group
there were the fundamentalist,
pro-drug and liberal lifestyles,
and several others that had their own capitals.

Around the world others did the same,
as the world economy suddenly
was based upon exchanges of good,
with fast foods and candy on the list.

Oh there are still a few cars,
industries run by computers,
but the calm and peace remains
since everyone has free basic cable.

Gone are the acres of fertile farmlands
along with all the endless miles of ranches
everything is synthetic and produced by computers
who add additives to keep everyone complacent.

There are no worries about the future,
just the next viewing season
plus drug are legalize and no one cares,
while they vegetate before the television.

In small clusters a few scientists try to work
at some vision for the future,
of course their resources are limited
so little progress gets made,
yet nobody gets stress over it,
even when those brilliant minds
make some disappear for their experiments.