Something I read

To reiterate,
 
Words filling contagious information
into the keener ears of degenerate people
 
While elsewhere,
leaving scars deep enough
to catch rain water
that can’t be drunk
to soothe the uneasiness
 
A girl was raped the day before
GANGED - the headlines boisterously boasted
my fine countrymen on their best behavior,
I thought
 
It’s not a mystery how lightly
they take to such things here
the average pot smoker rots for 10 years
while the rapist gets 4 before he walks
 
Capital justice
grass involves more money
who’s gonna pay to rape someone?
degenerates waiting on call
 
Asking for the unreasonable
while selling me a thought
sugar coated and studded with half truths
to turn with the big wheel
and stare atrocity in the eye, eyes closed
 
Able bodied souls handicap themselves
to perpetuate the cycle of corruption
the wondrous mechanics of our modern world
can’t put a price on dignity
so we boycott what doesn’t benefit us
 
Is that our reality
or just something I read?