Sedation up.
Count down from one hundred.
Slipping into
a blissful nowhere
while we work on you,
separate you
from your existence.
Something’s been getting in the way,
causing interference.
Find the foreign device
operating at your frequency
and remove it.
Putting this all back together
is going to be
an impressive feat.
Patient wakes.
“Feel your hands.”
“Feel your feet.”
Movement seems normal.
No sign of cognitive decline.
Eyes are wide,
and clear,
and sentient.
In a few weeks
we’ll let them go outside.
Interact with others
and we tend to find
they cry
within the first few minutes
when they realize
their connection has been restored.
So strange
that they would willingly
accept to be separated.
Conned into virtual silos,
where their brains
are always being programmed.
Separated from their loved ones
and their worth.
None of them
ever ask
for us to put
the device back in.
They leave,
free to be them.
Excise you
from your reality.
It’s the only one
you’ve ever known.
We’re going to set you free.
We’re going to bring you home.
DJR – 2023
