Machine

Ugh

Breaking my back to keep status quo
Onset battle of the hearts mind
With results of stunted growth

No longer will I
Choose to feed machines
Who bolts and coils
Were made
By thieves

Working in a constant flow
The big machine
Depletes the richness
Of who we were meant to be

But I say NO
I will not be subject
To your control

Ugh

Push and Pull
Try to get your way with me
With mechanical advantage
As simple as deceit

Spewing black clouds of exhaust
The big machine chokes out the air
That fuels my dreams

I'm shadowboxing smoke
And mirror and the only thing I hit is me

But I say NO
I will not be subject
To your control

We are exhausted by the constant
Mining of our bone and marrow
Blood fracking

While you chose to ordain caricatures
Poster boys and girls
To convince yourselves
You are giving us just due

Muscle fibers indistinguishable from cotton
Unwarranted by coincidence and careless gaze
Throwing another Emperor
Another Empress in your grinding will

Wailing Mothers
Battle Cry
Unfair Trade
Swollen Nodules
Brused Pride
Bitter Realties

Our bones may be cracked
But we will do your bidding no longer!