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Lay By Day Fly By Night

Lay by day, fly by night 
like puppets in an evening play 
played with strings 
and whose movements depend
on the fingers of their masters

Like zombies that do not sleep,
waiting for prey, 
they lurk in the shadows 
and wear colors, 
not of their choices 
as they lack the capacity 
to use their own brains, 
or let us say, 
they got nothing, 
for, they're just puppets. 

And when their masters
are through with them 
they cast them out
if they no longer got any use
like garbage thrown 
in a pit.


December 26, 2023, 5:03 AM, PST, SPC

Copyright © Roger Roger

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