Activation
Like a pill
grim and white
I must take,
good for me,
so they say,
take the nasty
I swallow
so much dreck
from high-ups
smiling wide
wearing suits
planting seeds
poison fruits.
Then WAKE UP!
Smell the beans
recognise
what it means
to be snowed
be kowtowed
be reduced,
zeroed, cowed.
Stand up, stretch
look around
take it in
what is there,
not the show
see what’s wrong
make it fair.
Spit the pill
grim and white
stuff what’s easy
do what’s right.
— Michele Brenton
