Victims Of Society

 

The dog is digging holes, to bury your bones,

And all around us there are thick grey walls.

The park is small, but the buildings are tall,

I see people marching to their graves,

In their pinstriped suits, and army boots.

We think we’re free,

But we’re in material prisons both you and me,

I guess you can call us victims of society.

 

Looking at you, looking at us,

Looking for trouble, making a fuss,

Looking at us, looking at them,

Looking for love, ending in pain,

Looking at you, looking at me,

You want the money and power,

I just want to be free.

 

Killing the creatures killing our selves,

Who do we think we are, it makes no sense.

The iron curtain, the red flag and the bold eagle,

Are flying out of control,

I think it’s time they fall,

Before they burn and destroy us all.

Looking at them, looking at me,

It makes me mad they’re f*****g crazy.

 

Pay your taxes cause you’re breathing air

Work like a dog but make sure you pay

Paying taxes make it roll

The walls get higher, but the parks stay small,

You and me, Ha, we just get poor

And not before long, creep into our own little hole.

    

Reviews

[R J Askew]

Great stuff. This cld be a Clash lyric. It is true, many of us live a fairly grim existance as work-a-day serfs. There are just too many of us to be properly free now I think. It seems there has to be order to keep us in check. But it is horrible, the dictatorship of the very mean and very average. I esp like the first verse which is the most graphic and I cld see the small parks and tall buildings. I like the notion of the dog a-digging. Great title also. We should start performing poems like this on the street, to the CCTV cameras. CCTV Rebel Art. Funny how Banksy started out a rebel and is now a pop-god-hero-icon.

[Sorry Infamous]

"We think we're free,But we're in material prisons both you and me,I guess you can call us victims of society."...
What a powerful first stanza that grips the reader and doesn't let go.

[ABitBrokenPoetry]

a powerful intense piece. this is brilliant. it has a subtle flow, i especially love the 1st & 2nd stanzas. & such a deep topic, thought-provoking. are any of us really 'free'?? i often wonder about these things myself. an amazing brilliant write!!

[Liza]

MY GOODNESS....what a powerful write. However how weakening is it to surrender to being a victim? Sure, I've experienced injustice, I see the poverty and know miniscule I am in comparison to the the whole entire world. Yet life is still something of a gift.

We are somewhat free, not totally free....but here we are expressing ourselves and no one is shooting us....throwing us in jail or burning us alive....

There is so much truth in this piece and I admire your courage in voicing your thoughts.

[deeps]

Now this is one amazing write here
I don't think I coudl pick out a favorite line here
I like them all.

Such a truthful write here. So true!
We barely survive from what is left from that dollar
After the rest of the ecomnony gets their share.

Wonderful write.

[Ferg]

This is an outstanding piece of writing. You have expressed yourself well in this.
My favorite phrase is "material prisons." So very true!! Well done!