Freak Potatoes

In the radio play Eternal Quest, Mandy Caraway is crossed by billionaire PJ Dimdeed, so she burns several of his factory farms and destroys his test plot of genetically modified potatoes that scream when they need water.

Don't dare ask me "Isn't it just progress?"
Or make the case that it's just the same
As a hybrid or a cross

Disingenuous or ignorant?
That's just the same
But a hammer and a nuke is not a choice I'll be asked to make

Freak potatoes, I hear your cries
You never asked to be born
Now you're asking to die
Freak potatoes, I hear your screams
You never meant to crowd out others
Or to serve a monopolist's dream
You're sorry - I'm not sorry
I'm sorry for you
No one should be sorry when you're gone

Some say that there's no such thing as a monster
Others say that's what I am
and still others call you a Frankenfood
Let's drink to a world free of any monsters
With compassion for all, I make this toast
May you drink yourself to death!

I'm not afraid of science
I'm not afraid of technology
I'm not even afraid of your mad creations
My resolve is to put them to their end

Freak potatoes, I hear your cries
You never asked to be born
Now you're asking to die
Freak potatoes, I hear your screams
You never meant to crowd out others
Or to serve a monopolist's dream
You're sorry - I'm not sorry
I'm sorry for you
No one should be sorry when you're gone

Lyrics: Robert McMinn. Vocals & Music: Gwen Sanchirico.

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