You know br I was thinking how much br I'd like to just leave it all behind br and let loose like a mad br rebel with plenty of caws br flitting through sunlight that creeps br through the trees br because anymore br I can't get behind another day of br constantly dragging on more br supposed last toxin riddles br while your hands become these frail metastatic br cooling tower fingers br I can already see them already shaking off br clinched jaw fuel droplets br onto cancerous rancid mass graves br and I don't want to imagine what's beyond that br Besides br lately I've been preoccupied br with the feel of timeworn ciphers etched br in my charcoal wings as I br descend on power lines joining br scorched throat jesters cackling murderously br at this scorched earth br See I want to get away from our plutonic friends br all they want is to binge on residual radiation br raising their safety glasses to their excesses br knowing their acceptable risk deformities await br with contaminated breath br Sure we've got a reputation of being devious br but I'd rather proudly flaunt tattered onyx feathers br than sit around with br decaying radioactive half lives surrounding br inactive decaying half lives abounding br We crows scavenge our meals indiscriminately br but we don't dare eat our youngbr br Charles Darklybr br