​​thou shalt not kill. ahimsa:

we'd better quit burning dead dinosaurs!

they still start wars for fossil fuels.

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thou shalt not bear false witness. satya:

time, not money, measures what survives.

they call the morning "afternoon," & boast of "saving" light.

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thou shalt not steal. asteya:

the land sinks slowly. water changes states.

they treat water like land—as theirs, not God's.

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thou shalt not commit adultery. brahmacharya:

he who lusts for Mars would pervert life on Earth.

they commit to the pussy-grabbing patron of pedophiles.

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thou shalt not covet. aparigraha:

for a century now, we've let rivers run dry.

for the worst of them, there are no consequences.

how long will the rest of us go on rewarding

their desert-slaked cattle,

their space-gobbling cars,

their aquifer-grasping computer-bound waste?

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2024–26