Toxic Breeze

Smokestacks belching, endless clouds
Fossil fuels, our future shrouds
Breathing deep, we choke and wheeze
Our legacy, a toxic breeze

We're drowning in our own decay
Poisoned air, day after day
Greed-fueled engines never cease
As we gasp our last release

Oil barons count their gleaming coins
While children's lungs are pierced with poison
Progress marches, blind and numb
To the beating of death's drum

We're drowning in our own decay
Poisoned air, day after day
Greed-fueled engines never cease
As we gasp our last release

But who will stand and raise their voice?
Against this slow, collective suicide
We've sold our breath for temporary wealth
Mortgaged our planet's very health

We're drowning in our own decay
Poisoned air, day after day
Greed-fueled engines never cease
As we gasp our last release

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