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An awareness of appetite

A hunger bringing one low and debased

Knowledge is a wall built stone by stone

What darkness lies beyond those walls?

The toes tap

All is brisk and well

In the veil of night

Every breath dominated by the needs of the moment

We call upon the Watchmen who is not compassionate

Burning brightly with callous fury is a light the leaks from a fiercer place

There is no place for shadows in these rites

There is no place for mercy

Without dispelling an iota of doubt my skin bubbles like acid

I have many regrets

Mercy is found only in shadows

The toes tap

All is brisk and well

In the veil of light

Every breath dominated by the needs of the moment