Leading Sheep to Slaughter

By Lady Grinning Soul

It's in the air.
                             Suffocating,
      Surrounding your
                                    Entire being.
It mocks.
                             teeth baring,
            razor sharp,
                                                     and
                  viseral matter
                                             seeps down
        the front.
It watches.
                          eyes.stitched.open.
                                                         Glaring.
                           memorizing every
          move.
It hungers.
                     Endless hunger,
       devouring
                                men
             like mice.
It stalks.
                   Silent.
                                Deadly.
   Hidden in the shadows;
                                         a game of
       cat
            and
                  mouse.
It decieves.
                    Promising the world as an oyster
           but delivering
                  com.
                          place.
                                    ncy.
It grins.
                           Hands outstretched,
       an offering
                                  of
               cyanide.
                            laced.
     coolaid.
                        Drink.
             Conform.
                             Assimilate.
                  Become the sheep
                                                   and rationalize
                             the loss of your
                                                            freedom
                       as the conveyer belt
                                            churns,
                                                        turns,
                                     and
                                             glides you closer to
                            the slaughtering room.
            

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Copyright 2016 Lady Grinning Soul
Published on Thursday, October 20, 2016.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Divine hell On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, Divine hell (249)By person wrote:

    I applaud this work as the truth bursts through these words. Very inspiring, and thought provoking. Nice write

  • A former member wrote: nicely assembled on the page...I feel as though the air I am breathing is luring me toward the conveyor belt of assimilation toward the slaughter....thank you for this great poem!

  • Devil lyn On Tuesday, October 18, 2016, Devil lyn (368)By person wrote:

    If this is a parallel between life & the infamous biblical verse, then you captured it well from the beginning to the end ... loved the form, and play on words ... ;)

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