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toothed memories bore deep within

to savor the moments of the life-long unrequited

incised and cursed, haunting the very core

for what have I wrought this heart?

where élan falls before the breath

weathered and lost to the loom of apogee

assiduous time, garrote to our youth

sincerity consigned to modernity

with abated joy

a waning far too compelling

to favor the moments of the life-long unrequited

incised and cursed, haunting the very core

weathered and lost to the loom of apogee

assiduous time, garrote to our youth

for what have I wrought this heart?

where élan falls before the breath

this sadness promising golden jubilee