Treadmill Welcome

welcome to the tred … mill
soul draining sale of skills
or just body-breaking labor

nine to five, the best hours
of any day in service to
the master’s plans, not yours

scratching for food and shelter
in this dystopian caste system
intent on keeping you in your place

hurry, scurry, time is money
but little for you and yours
on society’s tred … mill

–LE – 9/25/24

I was listening to Dire Straights’ Money For Nothing just prior to writing these verses… –LE