We are nothing but lab rats.
Electrodes are affixed to our brains.
Our movements are manipulated
and journaled
by nameless white coats.
This rat refuses to run the maze.
Ah, that one won't stop eating.
This one deads her offspring.
And these few won't stop starving.
Let's lesion some tissue
with television and liquor
Caffieneate their lackluster ambitions
so that they are more than
steriod saturated suppliants.
Let's pump them full of nicotine
to ease the twitching.
Seperate them according to size and color.
Chop off their tails, demanding the former
is better.
Set them at war and preach abstract words
like shalom and salvation.
Please tell me what you think
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awesome poem!! good description, great imagery, better analogy!
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Caffieneate their lackluster ambitions
so that they are more than
steriod saturated suppliants.
Let's pump them full of nicotine
to ease the twitching.
Seperate them according to size and color.
Chop off their tails, demanding the former
is better.
Set them at war and preach abstract words
like shalom and salvation.
my fav part. -
The lab rat analogy is good. I enjoyed the poem for the most part. I wonder if you meant this one kills her offspring instead of deads them. All in all it is pretty good.
Mike -
I had a hard time relating to this because I am in a free country and don't own a television, but it was well written. Wherever it is that you live---move.
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i know this feeling all to well. having more than a few major illnesses, i feel exactly like this write. tahnk you for sharing this with me today and i am looking forward to reading more from you in the very near future. viyanna rosemarie
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