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Obedient Minions (don’t!)
by Angela Yuriko Smith
The gears of progress
grind us into ash and dust…
remnants of our souls
cast off between shifts.
No matter the cost, we toil
for the bottom line.
The grit from our bones
make a shaky foundation.
Our children collapse
beneath the dead weight
of a future where our hope
has left the building.
Now live and let die
obedient minions (don’t!).
Trust your overlords.
Fiction © Copyright Angela Yuriko Smith
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
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