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as the darkness slithers over the land
\nand the nothing swirls across like evening fog
\nuninterrupted save by soapbox shamans
\nclimbing up higher to try and catch and mend
\na million broken arrows and send them straight
\nback into the bone of the beast
\nfor even only lunatics know the price
\nof commodification of souls
\nonce many grumbled
\nand then had their heads turned
\nby silver seducers having lost
\nthe something that inhabits even gnats
\nin a process both old and refined the gatherings
\nof the avaricious mercury rolling into itself
\nan indistinguishable glob shiny and dense the greed
\ngradually ruled politeness because it wanted things
\nthat once made brave folk quake
\nbecame entertainment scenes of others misfortune
\ninduced laughter from the audience
\nforgetting how to smell a rose
\nwingless birds sing more incessantly
\nthan new residents of nomansland
\nwithout wings, feet move in ancient dances
\ndesigned to make the spines of stars shiver with delight
\nand life that is hope stomp back the nothing
\nit will take time
\nto plant…wild roses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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