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When the Earth Awakened and Began Firing People Into Space

from Terrarium by Durango

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At the highest point upon the Earth A woman stared into the water
When a sudden wave of discontent made her demeanor
start to falter.
As she plunged into the freezing depths, and began to question why
The Earth awakened, and with a shake,
She shot off to the sky.

And there was a young man on the planet's face
He was hiding in the eyelid.
Disgusted with what humans did, while he voted and recycled.
He began to shout it from the rooftops that the only fault was ours!
And the Earth it barely heard his cry as he blasted to the stars.

Now the people on the planet's neck, realizing they were next,
They gathered up their wives and kids and prayed that God would spare
them what was left.
As they apologized and swore they'd change, and would do anything to pay for it,
The Earth just sighed and with relief, it popped them into orbit.

On the shoulder of the Earth was an old man polishing his rifle.
It was decades that he fought for this, his one chance of survival.
As he sprinted out to spray the demons, the Earth shrugged him to the sun.
And on his journey through the vacuum, his knuckles whitened on his gun.


The highest density of people, they were on the planet's back.
They spent years just drilling into her and clinging to their cash.
But she remembered all their faces and ordered up a list.
Then she fired them off one by one from light skin to the darkest.

And when the Earth began to tire out from getting her revenge,
She took a breath and with a shake, started spinning 'round again.
She started fresh with what was left and at a slightly slower pace,
She turned away to leave this sun and took a trip off into space.

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from Terrarium, released July 21, 2019

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