sorry we’re restructuring our workforce…

Sorry your services

child
you’ve been born
with
a losing hand
the cards
mankind has dealt
you
ain’t got nothing
but
a jester
and
an ace of spades
oh i know
your parents
were encouraged
by
the government
to have you
join
the human race
but
that was when
the replacement rate
was
below 2.1
so
you were
necessary
to
meet societal needs
however
that was before
we had the new chatbots
and
humanoid robots
hell kid
i remember
when that stuff
was just
science fiction
so
now
it would appear
that
your services
are
no longer
required
well
unless
you’d consider
becoming
military
a cyborg

sign language…

sign language2

hands move
in
set patterns
part of
the industrial complex
at 
day’s end
hands move
to
navigate through
dangerous
byways
and
city side streets
at
journey’s end
hands move
in
ritual patterns
to consume
substenance
and
liquid anesthetics
to prepare
for
the rest cycle
but
before the rest
hands move
to
a set pattern
to request
divine intervention
from
the set patterns

 

 

mandatory school board qualifications…

mandatory school board qualifications

the brown bag prophet
stopped me
and said
he had
a question
for me
he asked
if students
must meet
quantitative standards
to graduate
doesn’t it seem appropriate
that school board members
also meet
some standards
like
knowing the difference
between
a political agenda
and
a curriculum
maybe 
having
read
the books
they want to ban
or
at least
be able
to
read
and
comprehend
the deeper meaning
of
the lorax
by
dr. seuss

 

 

 

 

death certificate requirement…

death certificate requirement

as we cycled by
a corpse
had been placed
by
the side of the road
it needed to
be counted
by
an official
who
could not
arrive
today
so
the body
was placed outside
of
the village
that
would facilitate
the count
tomorrow
since
the official
could
just drive by
to enter it
into
the records
then
the body
could be buried
afterwards
that
reminded me
of
how we vote
in this country
placing the body
of
freedom
on the side of
the road
of
personal gain
not realizing
our children
will have
to
bury the body

weapons of mass destruction…

weapons of mass destrction

few will understand
that there are doomsday machines
systematically
for centuries destroying
and consuming the planet
the soulless machines called man

 

 

write offs…

write offs

haven’t you thought that
what you believe and accept
aren’t in harmony 
your pious teachings of love
and how you turn a blind eye

given half a chance…

given half a chance

no winning  numbers
but go ahead and place a bet
every now and then
the house casts out some cash chum
to lure and trap target fish
hooking minds on fantasy

i just need a scoop…

gop_superlatives

really need this job
so gotta give the public
not reality
but what makes their hair stand up
putting cash in my pocket