Caveat Emptor

It's almost as American as it is Roman. "Let the buyer beware."

In the US we advocate this a strange notion of preparation. So when it comes to healthcare, we've put ourselves in an awkward position.

I came across some inspiration from imgur 



Roamin' Phrases.
Welcome to the United States of America, land of the free, home of the brave.

Laws pay me no mind, I'm a freelancer in the cracks and crags, live with the hacks and hags of society.

The idea and principle that I navigate the labyrinth under the legalities means that I am temporarily live on the outskirts of the law.

I'd love to be protected, but the shield costs money I don't have. Tickets as if I'm going somewhere from different states, different counties.

Last notice! Papers pile high, on the table, gladly pay it all if I were able.

What's the law to those in the labyrinth? Here we chase freedom in hopes of scraps that fall from societies favor and become available to us.

In here, you watch your step, there's emergency care but you'd better have insurance. Make all checks payable to the feet that blot out the sun.

Insurance agencies at every corner down here, the world knows the labyrinth exists. Tens of millions live in it, they'd be blind to ignore it. Each agency employs us, telling us what to do and how to live if we want their pittance.

Money is free speech, money can travel the world to exotic accounts in the Caribbean, or the Alps.

Money holds thousands of insurance employees hostage as it demands more vacation hours.

Bills, from sneezes, lawsuits from companies claiming ownership of the breeze down here.

They already own all the hot air.
So we run after false profits, don't run in the labyrinth, you'll trip. A broken ankle will cost you an arm and a leg. "But I've got insurance" I told them. Apparently my network only extends to one doctor 30 miles away, my cell phone has better coverage.

But it needs to, it's got ads to sell me, and apps to sell me. Already paid for the hospital when it was built, that was for the pre-release, who knew there'd be hundreds of day one DLC?*

It's dark here, I wish we were outsiders, I wish we're the outliers.

Lines of string litter the floor, looking for the exit, ridiculous you can climb out anytime. These walls aren't that high.

Climb over the bodies that make up the surface, these walls are made by those before us.

The last of someone's sweat, blood, straw build the bricks of tomorrow.

Up there, the sun shines on monuments dedicated to the austerity of the posterior. A history that never was, made of legends men told to justify their lordship.

The labyrinth is the foundation of their pomp society. Seeds of knowledge drop from trees too large to cut down. The library's branches spread ever outward. Knowledge of my nudity does not protect me from the cold.

Awakened from my slumber by a solitary beep.
The IV is out of fluid, it's the second time this week.
More concerned about coverage of my cell network
Litigiously inspected every goddamn perk.
No mind, insurance, nine to five times as much.
Didn't realize my car would cost less than a crutch.
Didn't know it's Kaiser's face on the hundred thousand bill.
But when I first saw the thing, I passed out from the thrill.
Labyrinth obscure me as a number on a sheet.
Thirtieth time, in debt, someone will die this week.
Worked hard all my life, to move up someday.
The maze; a debtor's prison, as there's hell to pay.
This is my last straw, they'll be bricks no more.
It's time to be unburdened by Caveat Emptor.




*Pre-release or pre-purchasing in the video games industry refers to paying for the game before it comes out. Day One DLC refers to Downloadable Content which is available at an extra cost when the game is released. Day One DLC can consist of expansions to game-play, or can be what was prior-to-release assumed to be part of the content of the program itself. It's basically a really complicated Bait and Switch.