Two houses, in fair Whatcom where we set our scene
From ancient grudge, break to new mutiny.
The House of Money
Born of the union of the patriarch Sir Goldman Sachs
And the Lady Berkshire Hathaway
Is building the ultimate monetary weapon in the universe.
That house has sent emissaries here
Promising riches for 212 lucky winners
And to the bartenders who serve them.
You may already be a winner!
"If you have heard of impacts, then fear not, young hobbits
When you stand at the fence line you will see your lucky friends blissfully laboring
And some giant Tonka Toys moving bulk commodities around.
If there are any pollutants, then you cannot see them
And therefore they cannot hurt you."
Our House, which is the House of Actual Reality
Has found much more than the Potemkin village they promote.
A globe-spanning scheme to light a trillion pounds of Montana rocks on fire in China,
To release carbon pollution that will harm at every scale from local to global
And make saving our climate impossible.
Our quest is to find and reveal the truth
To the referees on Mount Olympia and to everyone else
The bright sunlight of the facts, with our awakening
Will render their agents of mass hypnotism into mist.
Not just the deceiving spells of the little green pieces of paper
Or the soullessly smiling TV spots and full page ads
But words chosen to make the unconscionable appear normal and good.
When they say Production, we know what this means.
They peel back the skin
Of she who has provided so much to all of us
And leave her to die.
Around each corner, yet another Mr. Smith
Assures us that it will happen anyway
So we may as well partake
Of what they stole and now offer back a few crumbs.
But even our youngest children know better.
We seek to provide moments of clarity
Not just on the facts of the matter
But on the most important realization
That there are many of us who care deeply.
While they do their best to make us feel small and alone
When you consider any 350 of us, or any one of us
We > fossil fuels.
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