Sold (down the river)

We are packaging the product
so it poisons you from the insides out,
aqueduct filled up with licensing laws
drowning the idea of children; allowing
recourse to the idea of freedom they once thought
to have.

The oppressive nature of the house on a hill
far enough from human harm;
queen bee’s selling stickers on her arms.

We used to pour symbolism into electric lights.

They don’t but highlight our misfortunes
and shine down
every cracked crevice
of our custom built circumstance.

The one they told us we deserved.

~ M. Lucia