Sunday, November 29

#56 Starved




 courtesy: Wordpress Blog Random_Michelle

Weekend nights
glow with neon lit
boxes.
Her cardboard sanctuary.
This is where she is busy surviving
instead of escaping,
if she could dare escape
the aftershocks
of after shave musk
that have blindfolded her
eyes, gouged by their destructive touch
including the hands that
indulged as they wished 
depending on the whim.
 The cash
was made from 
their merchandise
and they made sure each was tested.
Devices just like any other kind
except these happened to have
skin, flesh, and souls...
and they were categorised
by age, and ethnic type
before being processed,
loaded into
trucks, that was a home
away from this box.
One of many.
That was her story;
simple pages
controlled with needles
and mirrors of crack lined,
sad smiles
before she felt the thrill
of the high
forcefully coerced to say
yes to a life
where she was doomed
to die each night and day.
Ownership transferred
for soft dollars,
a few minutes
that turned into hours
her body 
starved for a world
where there was no afflictions
but just the lonesome
bar-codes of each tattooed injection.
She had been marked.
Left with no memories of a
home she tried to remember,
or the family that
thought money
would continue to
be sent in unmarked letters
on the day they stole her laughter.
It was strange,
 she never did laugh again.
That is,
till the moment
she heard
a lady’s voice
shout her real name;
uniforms
had descended with
their weapons extended
flash-lights, bullet proof vests,
armoured vehicles
had found their small,
makeshift, cell
her family of lookalikes
were
handcuffed awkwardly
to strong wooden posts
just like she was
waiting to be liberated
 by their handler, waiting
for weeks to pass.
It was finally time 
to eat.
Psychologically controlled sustenance
resting at their feet
rice and beans.
She laughed.
The others were unconcerned.
Withdrawal was a unpredictable bastard.
But she couldn't help it,
it had been so long since
they had eaten.
And now, 
with all this commotion,
they would never get to have dinner.



My Inspiration: 16 Days of Activism & Photo Prompt by Random_Michelle 
 




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