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A steampunk nationBaby pollution rises up then the loving comes arraigning 'causeOur art's official and only partially artificialAnd our heart's in the middle of sharp hardened shards of metal butThere's not where it settlesBecause it's beating to the steaming of God's hottest pot or kettleAnd now we face it, this creation we made toTo save our craving for a synthetic rebelnation it'sOur safeway they make into a pathetic revelationIn our steampunk nationOur steampunk nation

A steampunk nationBaby pollution rises up then the loving comes arraigning 'causeOur art's official and only partially artificialAnd our heart's in the middle of sharp hardened shards of metal butThere's not where it settlesBecause it's beating to the steaming of God's hottest pot or kettleAnd now we face it, this creation we made toTo save our craving for a synthetic rebelnation it'sOur safeway they make into a pathetic revelationIn our steampunk nationOur steampunk nation
Criss Jami ↗

Approximate author period: c. 2011 AD · contemporary

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Criss Jami
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Approximate author period: c. 2011 AD · contemporary
Approximate author period, documented activity in 2011. Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile — edition catalogue. Catalogue identifies Criss Jami, a 2011 CreateSpace edition and ISBN 9781983682148; edition corroborated by Books-A-Million. This documents a writing period, not a quotation's source. This is NOT the composition date of every attributed quotation. Source: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL39982262W/Salom%C3%A9 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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