Backyard Blues

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Backyard Blues
By Everett A Warren
August 31, 2007

We sing
We dance
We think we can have it all
It must be fast
It must be now
No time to waste
No time to wait
No time, like the present
Eating out of season
Demanding without reason
Distant wares
Rare made common
Global economy
Here, there, and everywhere
Only one commodity
Only one local product of manufacture
Our dirty, filthy masses
Export our refuse
Here, there, and everywhere
Not in our own backyard
Power is electric
So much greener than
Dead dinosaurs
Zipped along the lines
Clean! Safe!
Ignore the coal behind the curtain,
Ignore the fish pulp in the turbines,
Don't generate in our backyard
And our eyes will be blind to all your ills
Ship it long and ship it far
Here, there, and everywhere
We'll pay extra for a clean conscience
Out of sight
Out of mind
Here, there, and everywhere
Not in our own backyard

Copyright (c) 2007 Everett Ambrose Warren