The Machine

By Lawless Fighter

All day long
It works and toils
Sings its song
Of steel and oil

We built it well
We thought it best
Our pride had swelled
We feared the rest

We gave it breath
It lives off us
Through war and death
We feed its lust

Machines live on
Cursed blood of oil
Fore when we're gone
It still will toil

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© 2007 Lawless Fighter
Published on Friday, November 30, 2007.     Filed under: "Political" and "Poetry"
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  • Dancing_Monkey On Wednesday, December 12, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1228)By person wrote:

    I liked it, the flow and allmost child like rhytme of it all

  • Lawless Fighter On Thursday, December 13, 2007, Lawless Fighter (37)By person wrote:

    The child-like rhyme was my aim. . . who better to tell of our failure as a generation than the generation who are following us?

  • Dancing_Monkey On Friday, December 14, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1228)By person wrote:

    Superp

  • Trigger On Wednesday, December 12, 2007, Trigger (68)By person wrote:

    Hmm... I like this, the starkness of it, good.

  • Sketso On Friday, November 30, 2007, Sketso (416)By person wrote:

    Simple, and thought provoking... has man outdone himself by creating yet another monster?

  • Fantecstasy On Friday, November 30, 2007, Fantecstasy (120)By person wrote:

    An interesting look into the dualistic machine imagery. Chaotic yet, nothing at all (empty in a sense)... I liked this one.

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