man(you)factured.

we’re all pretending

the pain isn’t present.

mechanical. monotonous.

who kidnapped our kindness

and held hostage our hearts?

who are we and

what will we become

when consent is

out of our control?

when factories are food?

when racism is right

and empathy is the enemy?

your political propoganda

can’t be protected speech

when it weaponizes my skin

and attacks my organs.

your idea of great

can’t be reality again

when it threatens my children

and kills my community.

power has poisoned positions

that used to protect the people.

we’re torn apart by screens

meant to thread us together.

the unraveling. has. begun.

the mechanic is brainwashed.

the machine is broken.