to buy a rental with
a violent landlord known
on the streets as Uncle Sam.
what we eat and drink, the
bear glares while the news
shows those caught unaware.
of broken tongues
and silence reigns
with peppered lungs.
as he abducts his fill,
a hoarder of people.
Who's mentally ill
I pay before they take it away
with a gun on my back,
a homeowner on taxday.
