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Packaged Nation

This place isn’t mine
To carve my odd shape into 

On the outside
Life here looks strangled
Throttled
Choked out
Wrangled into submission 

Rotting on the inside
Polished to a fine shine on the surface
Tied up in the prettiest paper
Packaged to sell 

Lies everywhere
Liars everywhere
Brave cowards all

Survival by second faces
Through gritted teeth
Flashed from perfectly white smiles
That mean fucking nothing at all

October 31 – November 1, 2025

Published inPoetryFree Verse

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