Originally appeared in the print edition of Locust #8. Splash image by Kieth Walsh.
Free as crack.
Free as black-markets.
Free as idle prisoners.
Free as the time it takes.
Free as federal jobs creation.
Free as mandated state IDs.
Free as confederate black soldiers.
Free as the flood of Chinese immigrants.
Free as agents of imperialism.
Free as the contaminated air.
Free as teachers impugned on strike.
Free as workers in chicken plants.
Free as black ants in a bladed line.
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