anybody can be bought


i can't help but wonder if i'm next.
if my pain is in line, waiting
to be identified and comodified
my suffering is a currency i can
exchang for involuntary
payment of what They think is best.
if i suffer long enough,
i won't have to pay as much.
i won't have to be in pain as much.
i wonder if my ancestors knew
what their children have unleashed upon
us. our abandoned essence in
favor of a never ending
weighing of the scale to see
if i made it.
to see if They will take it.
They always do its just
They'll cheat you and all you
can do is gaze longly to the next
thing you can spend your currency on.
Your suffering on.
-mj soulaana