I have this nostalgia
A little bitter ‘cause maybe I’m guilty
Of not intervening when I
Started to see the ruin advancing
Too busy or too naive
The worthy builders loosened the reins
Real estate rapacity
Altering magnificent landscapes
Multiplied poverty
Drugs and delinquency took even the calmness
Burn, pollute, spit the soil
Raze, steal, there’s no tomorrow
I can’t believe that we are digging so quickly our graves
Is this paradise lost?
I see it humiliated
Is this paradise lost?
Can we save it?
B for beautiful
A for abundant
R for resentful
I for inequality and iniquity
L for lazy
O for overgrown
C for corrupted
H for hostile
E for endemic ignorance
The world reflects in you
It seems that all disintegrates
Do we only care about ourselves?
Are we naturally blind or have we been blinded?
Your spotless lakes, I swam
From your pure, pristine creeks, I drank
I saw your clean blue skies
Enjoyed those magical timeless snowy nights
Firmaments full of stars
Now artificial clouds tease from the heights
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This album being played over the PA system at the museum where Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" is housed is what caused the faces of the clocks in the painting to melt. meeko