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Oh murderous blade of dawn

Tear open this cavernous lesion

Beneath the shedding skin

Rancid pools of sickness

A morning painted black

Mute and devoid

Frozen stillness

No beacon for this frigid path of mine

Inhale a warm false solace

An ember between my fingers

Smoke sings a silent melody

A quiet pledge of death

I am a blight unto myself

Heavy with this burden

Such sonorous malady

An accomplice in my demise