Taken from the nest and programmed to obey. No hope. No faith.nShall penetrate my shell. No hope of awaking a world hardened by centuries of oppression.nHeld down. Head under water. Can’t breathe. Drowning.nEach step forward brings me two steps back. Finding peace in the statue of employee.nPlastic rewards sometimes leaves me blind. Emancipation through an act of violence.nHeld down. Head under water. Can’t breathe. Drowning. The dream is dead and now long forgotten.