Nice Place to Raise Children - Left For Dead

the sign on the lawn goes down

the human real estate moves in

picket fences erected over landfill

they’ll ignore as they’ve been taught

and they’ll always do as they’re told

and they’ll never make waves

the kids will go to school

and adults will go to work

and there they’ll have the daily lesson reinforced

born in the middle

stay in the middle

die in the middle

free thought succumbs to autonomy

it’s nothing new