it’s never enough to simply exist as humans
lands get involved
between folds of skin & folds of a bill
it’s funny how money changes situations
& twists straight roads ahead to fit lie into truth

should you write the plea
to save a nation

have your rights forbidden
by rule of law

offered up as a “solution”
that sticks out prongs & stabs cement
fresh slabs
behind your back right at your neck

now you are stuck between the cold metal
the wall built keeps you out [keeps you in]

desert blooming through phosphorus gas
cleanses the soil of its indigenous hosts
through destruction above all else humans always

love to boast

launch hundreds of warheads

pillage & forage then
demand you atone
make amends & conjure a million miracles

thread the cosmos through a needle
sew the eye the hem of freedom
build the shapes of our nation’s dress
forget to live & live to forget
through it all truth laid bare
walls may be built only to crumble once again