The Sound of Steel

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Gears screeching against each other.

Chains rattling and clinking.

Bony, skinny fingers claw at steel bars.

The smell of metal and blood mixing into an intoxicating stench.

The quiet groans of struggling bodies resonate in the dark cell.

Freedom no more than a legend.

No more.

The cackle of an eagle and

The raspy cry of a vulture

sound the same

to someone who isn't brainwashed with the lies of false freedom.

Brainwashed by the idea of control.

The clanking of a ball and chain against the concrete

is one of the loudest

clearest

sound to someone who isn't brainwashed with the lies of everything.

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