THE JURY’S IN AND THE GAVEL FALLS
ON FETTERED HUSKS OF FORMER LIVES
BOUND BY DEBT, THIS FADED GREEN TWINE
ADORNED WITH STOIC BUST WITH CONDESCENDING STARES
LIKE CONSTRICTING SNAKES THEY TIGHTEN
AS WE STRUGGLE TO BREAK FREE
THESE CHAINS ARE THEY’RE ILLUSIONS
ENSHRINED IN IVORY TOWERS
WITH CRUMBLING FOUNDATIONS
OF ERODING WRIT
THEY CAN’T SEE WHAT’S BEEN STIRRING
OR ALL THEY MISSING BRICKS
THESE CHAINS ARE THEY’RE ILLUSIONS
THIS NEO-LIBERAL NIGHTMARE
A TACIT FANTASY
THE CRACKING FRAMEWORK
OBSCURED BY BLOOD-STAINED GLASS
A RULING CLASS DISMISSED
BY AN UNSUPPORTED CAST
THESE CHAINS ARE THEY’RE ILLUSIONS
THIS NEO-LIBERAL NIGHTMARE
THEY’RE FEUDALISTIC DREAM
A TACIT FANTASY
AS THEY WIELD BATONS OF APATHY
AND DINE ON LAZY FAIRE
THE TEARGAS STARTS TO DISSIPATE
THEY’RE FEUDAL DREAMS LAID BARE
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