in the inevitable, i walk

from sun up to sun down, my feet are shackled in
manufactured paintings and erasable signatures
from sun down to sun up, my steel plated head
rests on limp, dead cotton

the thin sheets, the wife�s shoulders,
i cramp and cringe with necessity
through our thin veil, i cannot see
otherwise
and i am forced out of/into my cage

in the factory, i submit

when my son asks me how i got
my name,
i wash my hands and close my eyes
without answers.

the grim march of his little shoes,
the steep incline of a ramp,
the silent rows of cubby desks,
he waves from the key around his neck.

in the bathroom, i fall

i find myself in a synthetic celebration
watching as survival instincts cause
mass infanticide
watching as business blues cause
mass acres

on the knees of a martyr i realize,
through the isolation of their animated sarcophagus,
throughout their thieving history,
i am a man who has been robbed  his
root.
plow(man)
home
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