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dust
00:43
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soil turns to dust
carried away by the wind
farmers choke, cough, and curse
there's no food
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lawn
04:18
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forest fell for fields
fields were gutted for rows
of oversized houses
and uniform lawns
in every city and every town
the lawnmower is on parade
mowing shit down
food grows on the other side of the continent
you cortege to grocery stores
and mourn for the prices
of apples and carrots, tomatoes
and whenceforth rot in cages
over soil entombed in asphalt
a lawn to me is death - a monument to deprivation
a lawn is death, is death, it's death
to dwindle the harvest for suicidal purity (its herbicidal legacy lingers)
acre upon acre for hundreds of millions of square kilometers
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learn to swim
01:01
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ancient ice melts
drains into oceans
coastlines disappear
under rising water
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walrus - blind on land
clambers up the rocky steep
late freeze - shore is full
(walrus ....) senses the others below
now it's time for him to go
down, down like Challenger
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instead of a flaming free fall
jagged rocks join the spinning tumble
of stiff outstretched flippers
and bewildered tusks
on the shore the walrus is barely alive
all damaged within - he presses closed his eyes
walruses falling from the sky
walruses fall down and die
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Graham Janz recommends:
ToooT Suite
by Arthur & the A-Tones
Arthur and I have worked together, it's true. Especially on this small concept album about toilet paper.
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The Only Punx In Town
by moledebater
It's true I played bass on this album and some other Moledebater EPs. Many of these songs are close to my everyday life. Like when I'm cleaning up garbage and think "whose mess you gonna clean up"?
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Hip Hop Scotch, Get Goin'
by Horsebag Mama
I'm on this album too. Why not, right? But I shouldn't take too much credit, if you read the credits. I cut my hair and Ben and Marshall stopped hanging out with me until it grew back.
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