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To crawl out, then crawl inside

The master directive

Taking his first gasp of air

He climbed up from the womb

Exiting her fleshy folds

Glistening, like a miracle

Shaking off the excrement

He soared into the sky

In awe of all he saw

Bewildered by the miracle

To crawl out, then crawl inside

The master directive

Then came the spears

Piercing flesh and spirit

Shaking his faith

In the miracle

Hope turned to rage

Rage to defeat

And the soaring slowed

And on his way down

He was swarmed and pecked

By all manner of scavenger

Taking, taking, taking

And finally, his body limp,

He plummeted toward a hole

Just beside the one that gave him birth,

But this one with a tombstone

and dug into the earth

To crawl out, then crawl inside

The master