More Orphans For the Machine
orphan-crushing machine: a metaphor used to describe how society ignores a larger, systemic problem to focus on affected groups or individuals

Young Kelly's selling lemonade,
To fight the cancer in her brain...
Insurance companies won't pay,
To stop the machine.
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Teacher barely scraping by,
Hovering the poverty line.
She makes a penny, they make a dime,
And still won't stop the machine.
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Bread and circuses,
Distract the filthy savages,
Send the other orphans in,
For the machine.
Focus on the politics,
Ignore the damages,
Send the other orphans in,
For the machine.
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Kids raising money,
To clear lunch debts for the hungry...
What the fuck is wrong with this country?
Stop the machine!
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Politicians with fat pockets,
Concerned with only their profits...
Keep us working so we're too exhausted
To stop the machine.
/
Bread and circuses,
Distract the filthy savages,
Send the other orphans in,
For the machine.
Focus on the politics,
Ignore the damages,
Send the other orphans in,
For the machine.
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Land of the free...
Terms and conditions apply...
We signed a blank contract
And put a price on our lives.
How much will your daughters pay,
For your choices made today?
How many kids will be crushed
Under the debts they shouldn't have to pay?
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Bread and circuses,
Distract the filthy savages,
Send the other orphans in,
For the machine.
Focus on the politics,
Ignore the damages,
Send the other orphans in,
For the machine.
About the Creator
CT Idlehouse
I write stories and articles. Sometimes they're good.




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