The earth
[that] I affect
in a grain at a time

but by exponential
reproduction
my kind
has the numbers
to turn molehills
into mountains

then fill them with goods
that 'll glow hair

and finish with a drink
from the water down stream

The earth
[that] I affect
in a ton at a time
a tooth
in the gears
one of many
and many

a cloud is forming
between me
and my sun

yet it won't even bring me rain
to wash in