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Cover image for post Welcome to the social abattoir, by another_proser
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another_proser in Poetry & Free Verse

Welcome to the social abattoir

On Earth we have fat shaming

bad naming

bully gaming

and cultural flaming

People mask truths to project lies

trying whatever socially satisfies

cutting loose their free thinking ties

dipping greedy fingers in all the pies

habitually okay with less-than-advertised

observing so little despite wide open eyes

health care for profit

chocolate like love

government fallacies

and salaries gapping

slapping inclines of animal extinction

distinction with divides

pesticides in plants

and chants of revenge

carnage dressed up like justice

lucious lechery

treachery for hire

and dire poverty

On Earth we have democratic sabotage

cruelty as camouflage

killers with an entourage

and insider arbitrage

People ignore what they don't want to see

acting the part of whoever they want to be

not always minding the effects they have on we

talking through others like a logger cuts a tree

consumerly caught up in the campaign of "free"

making some selfish choices same as every me

Me eats the last bite

fight for me own truth

uncouth for stress relief

and brief to save time

grime swept into the gutter of me mind

kind for return of favor

savor rather than thank

and bank on gluttony

company line in the name of a paycheck

high-tech intellectually

perpetually precocial

social abattoir

|| another_proser ||

(This is part 1; the darker side of things.)

(Keep an eye out for part 2; the brighter side of things.)

#poetry #culture #opinion #part1 #rhyme