Each Day Removed Choice
I listened.
Why wouldn’t I?
Their arguments felt right.
Their hands seemed clean enough.Over time
I noticed
how easily each day
removed choice.How ordinary days
framed compliance.How loyalty
became a standard requirement.How pressure
was called deserved.Reasoning warped
as my reality
felt staged—
like a world
rehearsing safety
while quietly erasing
both outliers
and heroes.Even when it works,
even when everyone agrees,
even when nothing
appears broken,an order
that punishes refusal
is still violence—making safety a theatre.
The absence of boots,
the absence of flags
doesn’t make it right.There are no good fascists.
©2026 Sam Oldman
WHAT IS HUSH HALO?
Hush Halo is a dystopian sci-fi poetry collection by Sam Oldman, set in a near-future shaped by technology, silence, and optimized perfection. Each poem is paired with a unique soundscape created by poet, in Suno. Learn more in Square One.
Context: After the Great Optimization, a privileged group integrated into the system, believing they had now perfected themselves.
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