News — Caged

It’s sunny today and I can tell I have been pushed close enough to the door to be able to breath through the cracks that allow little rays of sun to shimmer through. I have longed to feel grass beneath my feet And the wind rush past my face. It’s hot in here Musky and crowded I know every face One born every minute they say Whilst that might be true It’s more like one dies every minute in here. Sarah died last week She fell asleep and beneath our feet she was trampled I had to stand in her...

I had a daughter; in fact I had eight daughters, And my daughters all had daughters, And their daughters all had daughters, Many, many daughters. I am glad I got daughters, I prayed for all daughters. Mary got a boy, A beautiful doe eyed boy. Poor, poor Mary. That happy little boy that giggled as he frolicked, It happened only yesterday, He had been sleeping with his mother, When they came and dragged him with rope into a large cart full of others. I can only go from rumors, but they say their bodies are ground into meat. “Susan what’s...