they’re starting to reach down through
and it feels like we’re living in that split-second
of a car crash
and time is slowing down
and if we only had a little more time
than this time
is all we have
Pigs in gestation crates by Farm Sanctuary
do you remember the time we
and all the times we
and should have
and were going to
i know
Dog hog-tied in food market
and i know you remember
how we could justify it all
and we knew better
in our hearts we knew better
BUY CRUELTY-FREE
and we told ourselves it didn’t matter
and we chose to continue
and none of that matters anymore
in the hour of our twilight
and soon it will be all said and done
and we will all be back together as one
if we will continue at all
shame on us
doomed from the start
may god have mercy
on our dirty little hearts
shame on us
for all we have done
and all we ever were
just zeros and ones
force-fed duck chokes on own vomit and dies
and you never get away
and you never get to take the easy way
and all of this is a consequence
brought on by our own hand
if you believe in that sort of thing
and did you ever really find
when you closed your eyes
any place that was still
and at peace
“Zero Sum” by Nine Inch Nails
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