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Entangled in a quantum micro space and time
On a marble ever shifting out of past defined
By struggle after struggle, blood and pagination
We carve a little point through tube amplification

The heroes of the story depend on who you ask
Collecting dust on a shelf in hieroglyphs and masks
A lackluster bit of cinema of passion inspired
By an event extrapolated through neurons he fired

When all is said and done, we know it’s ice or fire
In either case we hope to roam and find a new empire
Between a star and a belt, under the perfect set of conditions
Light millenia away, ultimate extradition

Or maybe we just orbit, let the bots clean the mess
Sent back a probe or two just to retrace and test
Atmospheric conditions, genetic modification
Plants fighting humans, bucolic reintegration

That’s it, my time is up here. I’ve had quite enough, dear
I could be ready as soon as Monday
Way up past the stratosphere
I’d never be happier
If you could do just one last thing and
Help me paint my spacesuit pink

It may be within our life we set up shop on Mars
But it’s a shithole there, they’ve got no art or cars
Rack and pinion steering, new sleek aero designs
Cars can drive themselves, where will the cops get their fines?

Wait a minute, return to what we’ve found up there
Spectographic confirmation specks have something like air
Tally them up and find the one that’s closest of them all
Put it out in the news, give our best pilots a call

As we wait for the breakthrough to preserve the human form
For a hundred thousand years, I dunno, maybe more
A new golden record that can have a back and forth
And populate new chthonic groups to pass the torch

Consider just how meagre of a beginning
As we swarm and we spread, other life keeps on thinning
But we depend on those forms, do they really not see?
Increased numbers, year to year, root of our society

We’re approaching the point of no return
Critical velocity, precise trajectory
Call out to command, the fuel’s burned
We are on our way, tell the people it’s ok
Keep throwing things away, on the planet where you stay

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from Independent Thought Alarm, released August 6, 2018

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the Woolly Mammoth Project Ottawa, Ontario

The Woolly Mammoth Project is a rap-folk duo from the Ottawa Valley, traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin nation.
Photo by Emi Bk- ww.emiliebesson.com

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