Power exercised, Catalysed by Suspicions of the Other The powers that be, Distributed control through biology Technologies, applications are no coin flipping Password accepted, I hear the chip creaking Remember the connection, between powers and abilities, Remember their impact, in certain communities Carrying a lantern after sunset, ideas transposed into the dataset Making the vulnerable visible Identical only when your identity has no worth\t Under the pretense of free will Labour still coerced S the key to C Liberal assumptions but not liberated Clock-in, clock-out, clock-bound, Your eyes behind the mask, they’re glued to your task, Your limbs are forced to dance, automated A metronomic trance, operative Pen, mug, desk, wobbly chair, another like and share Smoke break — only option for fresh air I move, unaware of the choreography, Command C Command P Can you sign this off for me My reflection on the screen, Fill the spreadsheet, fill the paper tray, parameters configured Decisions have been made, Rubber-stamped and disfigured