choking

choking on
freedoms
in place of
having food
as they tax
the air and
the water
filling up
coffers of
ill gotten
riches
hastily extracted
from ground
up dreams
the ashes of
the middle class
twist in the
breeze as the
whips crack
on the bare flesh
of the poor.

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