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Gearwound - Subject / Unit / Waste

POWER ON Fur shaved Number assigned NO NAME NO PAIN NO VOICE NO CHOICE Clamp the jaw Bolt the spine Document the scream As a data line Eyes open Still alive Write “acceptable loss” In a box marked viable Cut for curiosity Burn for proof Truth measured In how long it moves Test Cut DISCARD Test Cut DISCARD FLESH IS CHEAP DATA IS GOD White coats Red hands Sanitized murder On a funding plan Shock the nerve Note the twitch Call it progress Call it which: Which limb fails Which organ breaks Which life was worth The margin of error you make This is torture Wearing equations SCREAMS MUTED BENEATH PROTOCOL PAIN HIDDEN IN FOOTNOTES SCREAMS MUTED BENEATH PROTOCOL PAIN HIDDEN IN FOOTNOTES Sedate the ethics So the work gets done Empathy interferes With the outcome Strip the soul From the room Steel table Cold excuse If it can’t speak It can’t object If it can’t sue It’s perfect Innovation built On caged terror Every breakthrough Still screams in the mirror NO CONSENT NO MERCY NO REDEMPTION YOUR DATA IS SOAKED IN FEAR BODIES AREN’T TOOLS END THE PROCESS Power…