we know we know do not worry young coyote mothers cry after the kill bear your teeth to us we know under snickering intellect fear the meat for us to eat we deserve growing acid baths out of thinning air mountains choke on smog so wise enough to grow orange blossoms among cacti hawk was slain with tire tracks we know cant stop progress infrastructure endless infinity of progress towards skeleton land to grow obese with diseased parasites greedy children take another cure old mother frail take all till death when pumped to preserve righteous splendor of a noticeable life why cant we just let go