States Rights

Your state has a right to your bones

Oxygen, Carbon and Calcium

The state has a right to balance the scales

Of consumer and consumed

The state has a right to repurpose your fingernails

Eyelids and collarbones

The state has a right to reclaim what was

You

And I think the Magnolia Trees whisper this truth

And remind us that

The dirt beneath you has rights

But all They hear is that

Your states has a right to your bones

So they send bullet-riddled ribcages

And perfect pelvises.