The net drips contempt

for a chicken

tied to sing in his teens;

from nothing out of nowhere,

unaware and unprepared.

Damaged

by the jagged

little splinters

made of gilt.

 

Contractually paid to play,

and play;

to play,

and play

again;

to make the pay his mother never could.

 

Brains of Braun - chicken pawn

can’t feel a silence of the mind

to rest,

recuperate.

Never to decelerate.

 

Atoms of his sanity exploding on TV.

Spiralling, signalling,

resisting, somersaulting.

Stripped by the media;

consumed, commodified,

dehumanised, and vilified.

This neverland will never last;

wishes made of dollars never do.

 

Take the plank from your eye -

a chicken speck of sawdust

costs a fortune,

lasts a lifetime,

narrows all of his tomorrows

fit to slide inside a bottle-necked fate.

 

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