call your wolves
call your wolves
I’ll stand
you put your fist in my mouth
let it happen you say
let me do it you say
swallow your words
you speak for my profit
you smile for my profit
you wreck your body for my profit
you make me shine
polish me harder
polish me better
give it your all
work the way I say, you have to eat
work in my favour, you have to drink
work and break your body, you have to pay the bills
I don’t care how much you hurt
I don’t care how much I make you suffer
I need the profit and the good name
you say you say you say
let me tell you
you think you’re doing something good
but bullies are at work here
bullies are at work here
sanctimonious, virtue-signalling, good Samaritans
we are a family, careful, see the red-flagged field
invading your space, draining you, overriding you
all the good words that mean something to me
are abused and abused and abused
e t h i c a l
to whom
what does it take for you to take responsibility
for your words and your actions
stand behind your true selves
but that wouldn’t make you any money
you want profit, profit off my back
off my labour, off my smile, off my conversation
full-time, still below the poverty line
liars, vile
vicious sainthood self-proclaimed
out of my blood
out of my body
out of my mind
out with you all
hot air balloons
just a pretty face
brittle hearts
daggers left and right
call your wolves
call your wolves
call your wolves
I speak the truth
and call you out
you pay me, you don’t own me
get that right
Croque-Melpomene 