Owen Beard

Satisfaction

A poem

The satisfaction

Of micturation

Wee, I had a

Pee!

These corporate giants

Masturbating to their own excess

While their laborers stress

Under duress

Not knowing where their next meal is coming from.

Hospitals congratulating themselves

On sitting at home and coordinating their

Instagram posts

While shit hits the fan inside their walls —

Splattering

The face shields of the only actually essential people

In the building.

Goddamn man

The man

— c.f.fong

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