Let’s catch for us some puppets
Let them get caught between our rubbing hands
Let us collect them at their
lowest point
attach some strings
at their weakest joints
let us show them we care
Let them think that we love
Then let us rain
some money over their heads
and put them under burning lights
then let us fight
over the weakest
the most pliable
the ones with the least sense of worth
the ones with the most dirt in their past
Then let us surgically remove their backbones
and their minds
let us disguise their strengths
and clothe them in some new attire
then finally when they’re ready
let us escort them
into our fire
© 2011 Zoe Ray Johnson
Mar 2, 2012
Mar 2, 2012 at 7:36 AM UTC
Let’s catch for us some puppets
Let them get caught between our rubbing hands
Let us collect them at their
lowest point
attach some strings
at their weakest joints
let us show them we care
Let them think that we love
Then let us rain
some money over their heads
and put them under burning lights
then let us fight
over the weakest
the most pliable
the ones with the least sense of worth
the ones with the most dirt in their past
Then let us surgically remove their backbones
and their minds
let us disguise their strengths
and clothe them in some new attire
then finally when they’re ready
let us escort them
into our fire
© 2011 Zoe Ray Johnson