Chain Link Fence

By daiglepoems

They're given all they need.
No reason to complain.
Magazines to read
and pills to kill the pain.

Their modified food's
engineered genetically 
to instill a placid mood
and keep them worry free.

For the benefit of all 
(strictly for defense)
we've built a twelve foot tall
chain link fence.

Our residents all receive
the very best of care.
New farming implements.
Toys the kids can share.

To monitor our borders
and aid security
there's video recorders
recording constantly.

But living free from fear
inhibits common sense
and it seems that every year
someone tries to breach the fence.

Now there's razor wire.
Anti personnel mines
Machine gun fire
and single file lines

marching up and down the hill.
To and from the mine
where they work non-stop until
someone starts to whine.

Then they're beaten, or they're whipped, 
or they're killed in self-defense,
but no one'sl EVER slipped
through the chain link fence.

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Copyright 2012 daiglepoems
Published on Thursday, April 5, 2012.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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