| Born under black skies, with no expectations,
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| We crawl through our paralyzing pantomime of life,
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| Awaiting resurrection, the great unwashed seethe,
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| In quiet desperation we accept our condition fatally,
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| Is this the present?
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| Can we call this life?
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| And for the future… utopian, dystopian, or death?
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| Thirty million voices, slogging through the undergrowth,
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| As islands in prosperity, they fuel it with their blood,
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| In total separation, they scavenge for their daily bread
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| Forgotten citizens, a class in themselves lost at sea,
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| Is this the present?
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| Can we call this life?
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| And for the future… utopian, dystopian, or death? |
| What have they worked for
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| …these dreams in the gutter, unspent?
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| Desire traded for dearth,
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| And Hope for destitution?
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| As eaters and eaten break bread,
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| They learn their trades in time,
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| But the teacher must be taught just as well,
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| And as such this tragedy unfolds… |