watch the family on the landing, count their groceries on the floor. The landlord raised your rent six hundred, so you curse them at the door. A politician on the screen, points a hand to feed the fire. You trip the man who walks beside you, and you praise the razor wire. Every hand claws at the dirt, scraps of meat inside a pen. Lick the boot that broke your jaw, then go hunt your peers again. PULL THE ANVIL DOWN ON THE POOR! (Keep your belly on the floor!) KICK THE CRIPPLED OFF OF THE SLED! (Keep your belly on the floor!) KICK THE CRIPPLED OFF OF THE SLED! (Better them than you instead!) WHO TOLD YOU WEAKNESS WAS A WEAPON TO BREAK? (Better them than you instead!) WHO TOLD YOU WEAKNESS WAS A WEAPON TO BREAK? (Take what's left, take what's left!) CRIPPLE EVERY HAND THAT YOU SQUEEZE! (Take what's left, take what's left!) CRIPPLE EVERY HAND THAT YOU SQUEEZE! (Down upon your knees!) The factory shipped across the ocean, cleared the floor and shut the gate. You find a cleaner with a badge, and make his accent carry weight. You call him parasite and leech, while the board secures the cut. You want an enemy with names, with a face you kick and shut. Every hand claws at the dirt, scraps of meat inside a pen. Lick the boot that broke your jaw, then go hunt your peers again. PULL THE ANVIL DOWN ON THE POOR! PULL THE ANVIL DOWN ON THE POOR! (Keep your belly on the floor!) KICK THE CRIPPLED OFF OF THE SLED! (Better them than you instead!) WHO TOLD YOU WEAKNESS WAS A WEAPON TO BREAK?! (Better them than you instead!) WHO TOLD YOU WEAKNESS WAS A WEAPON TO BREAK? (Take what's left, take what's left!) CRIPPLE EVERY HAND THAT YOU SQUEEZE! (Take what's left, take what's left!) CRIPPLE EVERY HAND THAT YOU SQUEEZE! (Down upon your knees!) What if you held the wire? What if you held the weight? What if the hand you broke was what would clear the gate? You'd rather bleed out in the gravel than watch your brother stand up tall. You'd rather watch the water rise than see a ladder on the wall. PULL THE ANVIL DOWN ON THE POOR! PULL THE ANVIL DOWN ON THE POOR! (Keep your belly on the floor!) KICK THE CRIPPLED OFF OF THE SLED! (Better them than you instead!) WHO TOLD YOU WEAKNESS WAS A WEAPON TO BREAK?! (Better them than you instead!) WHO TOLD YOU WEAKNESS WAS A WEAPON TO BREAK?! (Take what's left, take what's left!) CRIPPLE EVERY HAND THAT YOU SQUEEZE! (Down upon your knees!) Crabs in an iron bucket. Clawing down the rim. Nobody gets out. Nobody breathes.
