human guinea pigs

los alamos burrow

injected with serums

they walk on a treadmill

monday through friday

they walk and get nowhere

twisted and sideways

and nobody cares



human guinea pigs

their minds on treadmill

another experiment

in torture and torment

cloth mother life

industrial death

exposed to a toxin

i can't draw a breath



human guinea pigs

do we have to be?

caught in a mad scientist

fantasy

trapped and lonely

caught in a cage

waiting to be told

to obey