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Memorial obelisk

Flickering wicks of black

Pain sleeps through the evening

Resting on silhouette clouds

Take my hand

Cold and unmoving now

Slick tendrils of fragrant attraction

Set free by its spell

Lacerating the holy bandages

Furthering the torrid air

Plague of nothing

All-consuming hatred of man

Freedom, delicious and pure

On the wings of a dancing flame

A candle

A candle lit for death