Violence

damn the gallows ~ the firing squad ~ i married a man

Photo by Soroush Karimi on Unsplash

long gun pointed at us
the green camouflage one
peering through your scope
with a smug smirk
mm hmm
i see it now
you feel the exhilaration of control
like none you know from within

you saw her fear
and you mocked
her stress response
your behavior beyond
any words
more than criminal
too dangerous to be roaming earth

who would call you a dad
when you treat a child
as you have
you destroyed all etiquette
socially taught
but what have you earned

poker face
show no response
we don’t flinch
what insanity are we caught up in
we’ve trained ourselves
of necessity
not to feed your surveillance greed
your constant reading
monitoring of our every emotion, expression
to satisfy your madness
your sadistic work