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Shiny, brand new. Plastic bot.
Can clean around the home.
Can babysit your children.
Can organise your diary.
Fresh off the market,
Queues stretching down the road.
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One month, settled into family life.
But Mother’s brooch has vanished.
Our children scream at night.
Worn out from extra workouts.
We’ll give it time to settle in,
Though complaints come thick and fast.
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Several weeks feel like years.
And a husband’s lies accused.
Children have been sworn to secrecy.
Won’t let them leave until three miles have run.
Never see their friends and family,
And there’s danger in the streets.
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They’ve taken over News 24.
Their homes a dumping site.
Children are their tiny prisoners.
Because the parents work for them.
Everywhere’s in ruin, can’t run away,
Face uncoiling fury, Never valued, Corporate lie.
About the Creator
Elizabeth Butler
Elizabeth Butler has a masters in Creative Writing University .She has published anthology, Turning the Tide was a collaboration. She has published a short children's story and published a book of poetry through Bookleaf Publishing.
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