This was a reef It pulsed in color It filtered, it held Then it didn’t I used to think we'd go higher I used to think water held us Now I grow basil by the window Now the sea lets go It was warm So we stayed It was warm And we stayed Any sufficiently advanced negligence Is indistinguishable From extinction We called it normal We moved through heat We forgot snow without noticing It was warm We adjusted It was warm And we stayed I used glass, not plastic Still I dream in particles Still the silence feels loud Thermal inertia has no mercy By the time the feedback loops respond The story has already ended This was Alaska It forgot snow This was the reef We didn’t hear the siren It was warm So we stayed It was warm And we stayed The last whale Was not heard But recorded
