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

[Jeannear]

interesting poem thanks for sharing

[Baby Ricochet]

thanks for stopping by

[BJovi]

Wow, I certainly wish that when we were in school and forced to read poems, this was one of them. I would've actually enjoyed the whole 'read-to-yourself-and-write-an-essay-on-it'. Great job, I really enjoyed it.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you BJovi

[danish]

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

Really great...

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Danish

[danish]

Hwz my eternal love poem?

[Lydia Shutter]

While the satire is dark, you get your point across and the rhyming is fantastic. Your words touch on a few world problems.....and do so with just the right injection of sardonic humor. Very well written. Lydi**

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Lydia

[paddy d daly]

A graphic portrayal of a wide range of topics,
it flows very well, liked it.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Paddy

[Raymond Federle]

What Gleb said.... well done! :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Raymond

[Shane Hogan Poetry]

I thought I would inform you of your following of college students, who view your work from my profile everyday!

quoting my friend " These are class, Sick but true!"

[Nusquam Esse]

Its like you condensed and updated to the times the book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. I liked this read, it flowed well, and almost every line was powerful. Thanks for the read!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Nusquam

[Gleb Zavlanov]

A very powerful piece on the greed on mankind. Really made me think...
Wonderful job!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Gleb

[Gleb Zavlanov]

It was my pleasure.