big town blues (xvii) — we poison we all poison

          dammit
          i have the tense attack
          that precedes a

colonising the ripe
wild city food all food
they don’t see us
they don’t see us
rats in the metro
underneath sleepers
dark in the light wires
taking on machinery
we grow
we grow

and organise
yes organise
and when our time is right
we poison
we all poison

          dammit
          i have the tense attack
          that precedes a

colonising the ripe
wild flesh food all food
they don’t feel us
they don’t feel us
bugs in the bloodstream
under the aware
knives to the nerves
taking out machinery
we grow
we grow

and collect
yes we collect
and when our time is right
we poison
we all poison

          dammit
          i have the tense attack
          that precedes a

colonising the ripe
wild dogs food we food
they won’t see us
they won’t see us
ego in the argument
undermining reason
knives to the evidence
subverting sense machinery
we grow
we grow

and organise
yes organise
and when our time is right
we poison
we all poison

          dammit
          i have the tense attack
          that precedes a