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the skein of outside influence

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prison was a wall made of staplers
and post-it notes
all the reminders plugged into a digital clock
a heart made of Styrofoam
and paper cups

brew the coffee, but leave a residue
the distaste of second-best
is overdue

prison was a world, with sharpened scissors
the buttons pressed, the font grew bigger
enlargement, engrossment
budgeting time to sip at sand

silicon beneath the skin, and rubber noses
and rubberbands.

bake the gingerbread men
see them run as fast as they can
on treadmills inside the bellys
of corporate America

prison was a world, made of memos and email
the endless stream of information
overflowing till the networks crashed

                              planes were made of paper
                                          and lovers were only ash

and love is a product of manipulation
the gene therapy of the gene pool is
               dangerous at best

in the prison of obscure sentiments
an island is not isolation

a whirlwind circus of the obvious
when faith becomes zealous wrath
and anger management the main course

prison was a world of raising children
to harvest till they are dead
the crop will be their bodies
and the locusts descend instead

prison was a world where everything was structured
night and day
I broke free of all these prisons
to find more chains tangled me
Huzzah.
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ChocolateIzLove's avatar
I'm in another poetry reading mood and I feel like I should have gotten to this one sooner.^^ Lovely lovely and I fav.