Master Plan

you’ve seen it on your device

a world overflowing with sorrow

with the suffering of the living

emaciated dogs dying in breeders’ cages

children whose only sin

was being born in the wrong place

abandoned alone and hungry

on bombed-out streets

cars rolling over carcasses

treading roadkill to dust

browsers social media

gawkers tubers influencers

search engines all repost

the images over and over

then over and over again

the webmasters understand

the profit in pain

the strictures of the class

hidden above the ruling class

know with

persistence with

time most people

of good will

eventually recoil

succumb to the fear

grow numb

give up

do nothing at all

but subscribe