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Oh black bird, oh carrion king

Carry me forth on your dark wing

By soaring ash, or fields of stone

I kneel before thy skeletal throne

Harvester of time, I sip upon thy grail

Fog obscures the stars, celestial veil

Wild, vehement ecstasy

Embrace fateful destiny

From the frozen waste I see

The light of whirling galaxies

Yet so dim, yet so pale

Diminishing final exhale

Void bereft our will aligned

Seizure of breath, life maligned

Rhythms fail, inverted flame

Great king death forever reign

Eternal dream, oblivion

Cavernous walls, obsidian

In this celestial cathedral

Ancient worship, primeval

From semen to ashes

To the flora soaring sunward

Like the foliage, departing branches

Turn the wheel, ever forward