Chainlink Uprising

This is a chainlink uprising
boots on backs
coming up from the dirt

Every “shut up and take it”
you ever spat
is carved in my shirt

You pressed my head through the fence
told me breathe it in
rust in my gums
while you cashed my hours
and called it fate

You wrote yourself hero
in every story where I hauled the weight
then laughed in my face
when I finally called your bull

You kicked my ribs with policy
and smiled when I thanked you for the bruise
told me “this is just how it works”
while you tightened every screw you could use

You stacked your ladder out of spines
and told us be grateful for the view
turned our backs into concrete
while you sold us as “family”
in every cheap promo

I watched you tear mouths off anyone
who dared spit the truth in the yard
you trained us to eat our rage
swallow our scars
sit down and call that hard

Now the ground rips open
where your pride once stood
chainlink shaking
steel in the blood
you fed us this

You liked me tired
liked me bent
liked me quiet
with a cracked front tooth

Loved my grind
while you lied about “earning it”
and hid from the proof

I scraped my hands raw
on your engines
beathed your dust
waited for a thank you
that never came

All I got were warnings and jokes
and the same old sneer
when I refused to play your act
or speak your blessed name

Now the payroll logs light up
like burning ledgers in the yard
faces and numbers screaming back “fraud”
while your mask hits tar and shard

We kick the gates
rip badges off
paint every hallway
with your brand of sin

Every camera you thought you owned
now records what you did within

You said we were replaceable parts
in your glorious grind

Look around, boss
your empire just grew a spine