BREATHING DUST

Cold glass of water on a hot summer day

Adirondack chair by the edge of the bay

Deep cold blue of the rolling Great Lakes

A gift from the earth for granted we take

It flows from the Rockies, a pure mountain stream

Till they trap it in concrete to feed their machine

God's day one creation to cool their AI 

‘N suits line their pockets as rivers bleed dry

For every last soul that is breathing dust

We hide in the shadows of corporate lust

'N the ghost in the wire is drinkin' too fast

‘N soon we'll be holdin' an empty broken glass

The land’s burnin’ hot no more rain from the sky

The fields are now bare we’re stealing to get by

they’re handing out paste in a dark labeled pouch 

Tellin’ us to hydrate while sittin’ on the couch 

For every last soul that is breathing dust

We hide in the shadows of corporate lust

'N the ghost in the wire is drinkin' too fast

‘N soon we'll be holdin' an empty broken glass

As the trillionaires toast to their growing wealth

We see the witherin’ hand that we’ve been dealt

So when it all comes down to the very last drop

Machines keep humming while human hearts

For every last soul that is breathing dust

We hide in the shadows of corporate lust

'N the ghost in the wire is drinkin' too fast

‘N soon we'll be holdin' an empty broken glass

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