Manufactured Conformity

Maybe I'm just another little girl
Lost in this mainstream current
Stuck with the rest of the driven livestock
Never strong enough
To break away
Returning to the pasture
And branded your stupid cow
Yet you never knew me
I was living in my mind
Where the slaughterhouse looks like a field of greener grass.

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Matt Handlos's picture

i always enjoy reading poems that have a mechanical, break-the-mold, gothic feel to it. i think you pulled that off nicely. that was very well written and i look forward to reading more