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The Dependence Hypothesis

Cut the chedder World wide boom and bust Economic cycles derived From circadian rhythms Making a corroded artery plunge Into diabetic, catatonic comas Companies that mine hormones Sparkling that appetite reservoir Congress will fund the model Subsidies to the dirt and cheese Feed lot arranged for meaty pleasure Health stricken from the record Drug money pays of the comeback So get wise to the guise The greed is still obscene No unvarnished truth can belie statistics We participate in the destiny Claim you freedom and creativity Consuming is voting by other means For what is And what will become

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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