I was being crammed with an ersatz concoction; and I felt I was imprisoned in a cage.
ersatz /ˈerˌzäts ˈerˌsäts/ I. adjective 1. (of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else • ersatz coffee. 2. not real or genuine • ersatz emotion. – origin late 19th cent.: from German, literally ‘replacement.’
