It was a dawn
Eerie and alien
That fell like the dusk
Of a never-ending night
Eerie and alien
That fell like the dusk
Of a never-ending night
A neighbourly wave
To an oncoming car
For no other reason
Than to be friendly
To a stranger passing by
I didn’t notice
Until almost too late
That the times were a-changing
At a very fast rate
Time crumbles their mortar
Context shifts their efficacy
Or a new technology
Renders them impotent
An image a white man made
Which earned white man’s awards
In a museum of white man ways
A monument to a way that was