| Like fingers they claw at the sky,
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| pylons of a pompous foray.
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| Sentinels to look down upon with vacant eyes.
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| We kindle our willing to strive,
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| to remain separate.
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| A farewell to the spoils of fate,
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| in shallow graves.
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| We dig a hole deep in the earth,
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| dig it deep to hide all our guilt.
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| A trio of sarcophagi — triadic deceit.
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| the quagmire could swallow whole,
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| the black well of our malady,
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| we grasp tight of offered hands,
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| to stem the flow of defeat.
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| We pick the bones cleans of their worth,
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| whisper nothings into empty warrens,
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| mock prayers to revel within,
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| who has seen better days?
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| Zealots practice silent vigils,
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| we turn out attention upon their axis,
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| imitations inured with former glory,
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| we ignore their remorse. |