Are you a slave to the invisible system?

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Hey you 

Are you a slave to the invisible system

Just another unknowing

Victim 

Who works 8 to live 4

48 hours to enjoy twenty four

Sleep five before you go out the door

To a thirty minute meal

And think it's a steal 

For two weeks in the hot sun

Is that

My silent viewer

How in this lifetime 

You run

Dreaming to work

Until you retire

Then too old 

To do all the things

You once dreamed of

Or desired

Let this poem ignite your inner fire

Break the chains of invisible indentured slavery

Find a new way

To live your life free

With bravery

Give the invisible system

A smile

And learn to play dirty

Holiday more

Dream bigger

Open a door to love

Create music

Write a book or even a piece of poetry 

So live a real life 

Use it

For one day

You'll be too sick

To take risks

Just old and tired

Filled with dreams and desires

Waiting for

Old Nick 

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Copyright John Duffy