Tim Laffey- A Poem

Someone’s Watching

Somewhere someone’s watching

            everything you do,

the leadership is worried

            about your point of view

Someone’s always got their eye on you.

Somewhere someone’s selling

            beliefs they say you need,

they benefit from shelling when

            the simple people bleed.

Obedience is what they need from you.

Somewhere someone’s hawking

            paid hatred on the tube.

Somewhere someone’s adding up

            the debts that you’ve accrued.

Somewhere someone’s always watching you.

Somewhere someone’s reading

            every email that you send.

they’re listening to all your calls,

            they know just where you’ve been.

Someday someone’s going to answer you.

Someone’s always starving

            despite abundances of food,

and business men are thriving from

            massive spills of crude.

No one’s ever looking out for you.

Somewhere someone’s tracking

            every movement that you make,

our leaders seek out bribes to pass

            more laws for you to break.

Somewhere there’s a prison cell for you.

Somewhere someone’s looking

            for any sudden sign

that you are somehow catching on

            and will not toe the line.

Someday someone’s going to visit you.