Bakelite

from Sister Administrator by Semaphora

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(the invention of plastic and the martyrdom of a climate activist)

lyrics

countless odds and fates befell
in the story of the living cell
but all have used the same machines
since the blooming of the first blue-greens
survival needs a space precise
between fire and ice

Leo sought a stronger form
and built furnaces to sample storms
organics, though they might amaze
are too fragile for the end of days
we integrate or fall behind
to what Leo designed

to Bakelite:
model of a plastic parasite
poly-oxy-benzyl-methylene
versatile, cheap, and evergreen
synthesize it by the megaton
make it 'til the oceans overrun
founder of a class ubiquitous
certain to survive the last of us

and then one day
long after we burn away
each denatured kilobyte
if rebirth
should inspire new life on earth
may it start anew from Bakelite

monarchies of oil and lime
are cemented with extracted time
and everywhere a vast brigade
of this polymer that won't degrade
shall multiply catastrophe
with one single degree

David gave it all his worth
seeking justice for the planet Earth
but with our prospects growing dark
he chose martyrdom in Prospect Park
to warn us and incite our rise
against early demise

with Bakelite:
model of a plastic parasite
poly-oxy-benzyl-methylene
versatile, cheap, and evergreen
synthesize it by the megaton
make it 'til the oceans overrun
founder of a class ubiquitous
certain to survive the last of us

and when we're clear
from the feverish atmosphere
and the green is gone from sight
what we save
for a second Triassic wave
could be well preserved in Bakelite

and if some day
we should all of us burn away
may we first put up a fight
for the singular and dynamite
it's only fair
and we're duty-bound as the heir
to give the present life a hand
both for Buckel and for Baekeland
and should we fail
may our lineage jump the rail
to a secondary plan
more cohesive and Precambrian
with no trace
of our formerly human race
if we ever lose our sight
of the rising of the Fahrenheit
when we start anew from Bakelite

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from Sister Administrator, released December 18, 2020

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