Poetry With Hart

Feed us
with AI slop
and pink slime.

Season us
with America first rhetoric,
ignore whispers of war crimes.

Wash it down
with dye-free soda pop
or gluten-free beer.

Placate us
with half redacted truths,
never mind the fear.

Broil us
in another
unwinnable war.

Pacify outrage
with Patriot Games
so we never know the score.

Add sexism,
racism, ageism, ableism, and
homophobia to taste.

Brush heavily
with neo-christo-fascism
as a baste.

Keep us quiet
until the slaughter,
stress spoils the meat.

We are shackled
inside the ovens of failed systems,
and it’s almost time to eat.

History proves
the rich will devour the poor,
before they ever let us free.