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I Now Drain

Ed Tozzi

Lay in bed
Lay and I think
I think of our world
I think we are on the brink
Brink of extinction
Brink of the end
End of days
End of civilization
Civilization forgotten
Civilization destroyed
Destroyed by our possessions
Destroyed by our obsessions
Obsessions with having the most
Obsessions with having more
More things
More stuff
Stuff we don’t need
Stuff that’s never enough
Enough to satisfy
Enough to feed
Feed our appetite
Feed our greed
Greed for all
Greed to use
Use up the oceans
Use up the sea
Sea of Red
Sea of Dead
Dead bees
Dead Trees
Trees of life
Trees cut down
Down the gutter
Down the hatch
Hatch-ing bird eggs
Hatch no more
More is what we have
More is what we want
Want is our vice
Want will age us
Us that are civilized
Us that are evolved
Evolved into parasites
Evolved into vampires
Vampires so pale
Vampires that drain
Drain the soul
Drain the planets
Planet’sÉ
Soul...

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