Pennies, Dollars, and the Belly Fire (Inspired by Bob Dylan)

I woke up this morning, no factory gate to find,

Just a mechanical ghost with a digital mind.

The cattle are sold and the pastures are bone,

While a corporate shadow harvests seeds I don't own.

The roses are withered, the watering can’s dry,

But there’s a billion-dollar satellite blinking in the sky.

"And I’m humming a song, with a troubled design, it’s a wreck in my head but it’s keeping me kind."

Now, you got pennies to live, but you need dollars to survive,

In a world that’s forgotten how to keep a man alive.

You got a family to feed and a cold winter’s ire,

But a gallon of crude oil don’t put out the belly fire.

The AI is counting the stars in the night,

While we’re down here trading our souls for a light.

"And I’m humming a song, with a troubled design, it’s a wreck in my head but it’s keeping me kind."

The banker is a circuit, the judge is a code,

And there ain’t no more hitchhiking on the automated road.

The fields are all fenced by a ghost in a suit,

Who’s patented the water and copyrighted the fruit.

They say, "Don’t you worry, the machine’s got your back,"

While they’re pulling the rails from the old iron track.

"And I’m humming a song, with a troubled design, it’s a wreck in my head but it’s keeping me kind."

The blueprints are cold and the compass is cracked,

There’s no turning 'round on this one-way track.

The ledger is closed and the ink has run grey,

As the ghosts of the workers just flicker away.

They’ve automated mercy and digitized bread,

Leaving nothing but echoes for the life that we led.

I’m a stranger to the soil and a guest in my bed,

With a whisper of dust where the spirit once bled.

So I’ll walk through the rain with a hole in my shoe,

With nothing to give and with nothing to do.

"And I’m humming a song, with a troubled design,

It’s a wreck in my head but it’s keeping me kind."

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