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bars, mud and cement

the hand that feeds is a plastic tube

snaking through the bars of a cage

reconstituted corn and poison

leaching hormones

breeding stock

move down the line

limited movement, limited variance

projected profits, extracted, accumulated

freedom from choice makes the best cuts

a cold efficiency

sterile halls weathered stainless

falling in line

value in pain and pressure

every step forward has a higher price, a higher cost

birth, selection

artificial light

husked and pitted

cloned and colored

cleaned and cured

and fed to the pigs

fed again to the pigs

get back in line

consumption as world and will

forgone conclusion, mute selection

hues cycled into primary colors

basic shapes basic death

towing the line