Repeat

gears grinding, churning, spitting 
the same old pipe is splitting,
the identical key in the same ignition,
repetition after repetition,
this isn’t the life you envisioned,
too much
division 
on 
the 
television,
the same 
anger 
fights 
frustration
broadcasting 
on every 
radio 
station,
this isn’t the life you want,
you’re the deviation,
an alien among the population,
patience is at an all-time low,
a billion lives locked in limbo,
the strangle-hold of the mundane
continues to constrict your airwaves,
you can count the hours
minutes and days
but they’re all the same
they’re always the same,
we repeat without question,
we repeat without suggestion,
the metaphorical cogs and springs
are breaking and disintegrating,
the system is forever dictating, 
depleting and repeating 
taking you from me,
breaking you and me,
we repeat to deplete 
indefinitely