It was relegated to the old root cellar Dropped in haste in forgotten storage Where dimmest beam of shafted light Kept it 'live in yellowed life , weak and twisted Root and vine, seeking sickly , striving life But now it's out in planted field Furrowed in and giving yield Vine and bud quickly growing Spreading out and surely choking All the other crops of life Air and water , precious light Strangled , starved , beneath the blight It feeds upon all below In rapid spreading nourished growth Soon to cover , spread to all Like a **** , all fields will fall So grows the tyranny imposed on men Carefully planted and watered in