Observation

I took Alice to the hospital today
We keep secrets
Code see

The withered arm
Concrete body
Jello centred soul

You cannot kill what you do not know

We keep secrets
Words like ouch and anxious

It’s a test
You know 
To hollow us out
To stitch us up
To help corrode our soul

To turn us into fluff
She claps happily
But concrete fluff cannot be blown away
She claps happily

They make us eat 
Soulless food
Dry bread 
Yellow cheese
It makes us gag
Like we are being swallowed

Why don’t we just spit it out
The meal we need is in our bag
We can just eat it
Like we do at home

I look at her
My soul
And I honestly can’t say why 

We just do
I say
Because we are not allowed to be
Because we are not allowed home

They pester us for blood
We turn it into sugar
Spit it on the dry bread 
Screw it up like ruined paper

We are ruined 
I think
Inside
But this is fun enough

I took Alice to the hospital today
We keep secrets
Code see

You may observe us
But you will never kill what you cannot know.