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Your Prius' Deepest Darkest Secret

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Young workers in Inner Mongolia

Hair, a shocking white,

Teeth, falling out one by one,

Youth reduced to radioactive waste

For rare earth mining

To gather  Neodymium

That fuels your Prius

And runs your wind turbines

We will clear dense forests in Malaysia

Soon defects will mar village babies

Women will fear water in the rivers

You, however, will drive your Smart car, 

Play with your toys,

Congratulating yourself for treading gently

On a poisoned planet