they know, of course they do

they know,

the doctors do, the people in charge,

the scientists,

they know

that sugar

is bad for you,

fried food,

that cigarettes kill over

four hundred

thousand people every year,

with no end

in sight. poisons are for sale,

in alcohol and

processed foods.

they know.

of course they do.

but

they let us get fat and sick

and cough

our lungs

out with cancer, 

drunk and blue.

it's part of the plan,

part of what

makes the world go around.

money.

money is holding everything

in place.

it's the toxic glue.