A Hard Pill to Swallow

A poem in prose.

A Hard Pill to Swallow

Nobody wants you to get better
Nobody really wants you to get better
Those closest to you, your friends and your family, want you to stay like them
else, remain in the established paradigm.

Doctors don’t want you to heal
They want you to buy more prescriptions
and schedule follow-ups.

Your employer does not want to enrich you
or else see you enriched
They want subsistence wages and consumer debt.

The banks want the same.

Your government wants the same.

Nobody wants you to get better
Nobody really wants you to get better
They only want to consume you