I am Canary. My song keeps you safe. It’s only when I’ve gone quiet you listen.
Deeper feels like growth
When value points straight downward
The canary waits
We name cages jobs
Paint them clean with numbers
The canary stays
Progress tastes like dust
But shines enough to ignore
The canary watches
We never ask why
The silence keeps spreading out
The canary sees
By the time we stop
The warning feels historical
The canary knew
We agree to this
Without ever speaking it
The canary listens
Brightness is managed
Even warnings need approval
The canary knows
Exchange replaces breath
Time becomes divisible
The canary stays
We trust the machine
Because it never feels fear
The canary does
Nothing ends at once
It just grows uninhabitable
The canary knew