[Verse 1]

He does not need a reactor built
he needs the rumor priced by nine
Idaho Lab photo, a D.O.E quote
a volume surge before design

He does not read the groundwater map
he does not revisit Unit Three
Fukushima turns to metadata
inside morning volatility

No kelp forest in the terminal
no gray whale in the bid
he lets the Pacific disappear
inside a candle he can flip

[Pre-Chorus]

He does not need it safe
he needs it capitalized
he doesn't need a conscience
he needs investors hypnotized

[Chorus]

Atomic day trader
pump the core, short to sell
marks “advanced” to market
before disposal has a home

Atomic day trader
hedges on Price-Anderson
Atomic day trader
atomic future cash flows

[Verse 2]

He likes “plutonium-bearing”
when the hyphen does the work
likes “recycling” waste
folded into forecast
likes custody with no face

He does not deny the harm
he discounts it at three percent
sells before cost overruns
before the dry casks are secured

[Pre-Chorus]

He does not need a license
he needs “licensing” as a word
he does not need construction
he needs future tense preferred

[Chorus]

Atomic day trader
pump the core, short to sell
marks “advanced” to market
before disposal has a home

Atomic day trader
hedges on Price-Anderson
Atomic day trader
atomic future cash flows

[Bridge]

No tide pool in the rally
no salmon in the spread
no snow crab in the ticker
no leukemia in the trade

No nuclear priest-hood
no private insurance 
no geological repository

Not because he missed it
not because he did not know
he saw the decay curve
and bought the first uptick (tick tick)

[Final Verse]

He positions before licensing
before metallurgy, before decommissioning
before the plant becomes a disease factory
before the aquifer becomes evidence

Atomic day trader
pump the core, short to sell
marks “advanced” to market
before disposal has a home

Atomic day trader
hedges on Price-Anderson

Atomic day trader
atomic future cash flows