SlaughterHouse Dreams

It's a poem. With rhymes and s**t.

Got a job in a slaughterhouse
on top of grinding gears
Strapping pigs to electric chairs
for bovine profiteers

Wrap hooves with conductor wire
Then throw the killing switch
I work for piss and vinegar
Make profits for the rich

Exploit the lands of Africa
Cow them with the lash
Our founding fathers ambitions
A slave holder's panache

Running guns across the desert
Rape the land for spoils
Waging war for profit margins
The price of diamond oil

Exploiting fears of terrorism
So hate can germinate
Turn the land of milk and honey
Into a fascist state

Ride the backs of common people
Until we're broken down
Profiteers eat all our children
while we all slowly drowned

Working in this slaughterhouse
listening to the screams
Watching entrails on the walls
turn into payday dreams

Stick electrodes into piggy
one last screaming squeal
Hit the switch electric twitch
then hang it on the wheel

Author's Note

Yes I know bovine is cattle.

Reviews

[astronaut]

I love this, and the picture is really well with it.
I can picture it going with a nine inch nails music video lol

[...]

Intense! I guess you got something to say, and I want to hear it. I'll be back :)

[....................]

You weren't lying about the rhymes and s**t. Working for fat profiteers who milk the land and anything else it can strap to a chair.

[Terpsichore]

The subject matter hits with the force of a sledgehammer; the poem itself, the rhythm and flow of the lines is more subtle. This is extremely well written and I very much enjoy well written poetry. T

[Baby Ricochet]

thanks for stopping by

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

All I can say is Holy Crap. That was f%!kin awesome! By the way, I also like your about me, pretty awesome if you ask me, real original , too! Keep up the awesome work!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Ashley. I appreciate it

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

No problem! ;)

[Lizardo]

''Turn the land of milk and honey
Into a fascist state''
That is really deep, I love your style of writing, it really makes me think!
And this poem doesn't stay behing, Excellent piece of poetry

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks for stopping by

[Lizardo]

You are welcome

[Jimmy Yetts]

Commie claptrap!--albeit, well-done commie claptrap.
Perhaps, Ric, this piece was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

[Baby Ricochet]

it means whatever you want it to mean. Thanks for stopping by

[Jimmy Yetts]

You've got a good heart.