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In acclamation

With fervent tongues

You colonized me

Through the arcane

Through the debris

Take down the photographs

Listen

The striking of the bell

Listen

The hissing of the snake

Restless

The earth pounds and shakes

Restless

The rivers of blood

The choir wails

We've come a long way

A leaving song

We didn't know then

We didn't know then

These secrets you keep

Languid winter break

And when you speak

Charmed with the scripture

Given to me

Unveil future paths

Loosen your hair

And lay down your sword

Cut

Cut

Cut

Cut the midnight hue

Adorn

The mantlepiece

Cloak

The visage of self

Return

To a former time

And lo

And hark

The birds head South and onward

Soaring acquisition

And lo

And hark

The birds head South and onward

Soaring acquisition