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Chained To a Wall of Stone

Arrogant science
Has endangered our children
Vain ignoramuses 
Have made us their victims

Was it much too much to ask
To leave the children alone
Now we feast on bread and water
While chained to a wall of stone

Where is the recourse
What is the outcome
The emperor’s fiddling
While burning the kingdom

Was it much too much to ask
To leave the children alone
Now we feast on bread and water
While chained to a wall of stone

Meddling in God’s field
Puts us to pasture
Whole worlds in our image
New potential for failure

Was it much too much to ask
To leave the children alone
Now we feast on bread and water
While chained to a wall of stone

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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