in here
they want you to be
drugged up

it just makes it all the more
easier
to control us

we can sit in the
activities room
and talk our little
sandbox talks
while important matters
are happening
elsewhere

high on life
among other things
they give us drugs
to counteract
the side effects
of our other drugs

the melatonin keeps me awake
and the serotonin makes me cry out in pain
and we can play mancala with the pills they give us