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the infinite, space occupied

concrete limbs dragged across the floor

route, routine, a wealth betrayed

roles failed, played, quartered, jockeyed

closed eyes and burning fires

thickened blood and expiration

branded to shape

fired clay from a four-part mold

the snowflake, the wildflower and the grain of sand, ice, scent, and grit

beauty, sense, and decay in mathematical precision

as the great cycles grind on, interminable examination

validity in the meaning of meaning, the choices left unmade

light the wick, stare inside

light the fuse, watch the flash

molecules in a steady march towards deconstruction

reflections of emotions

elicit the triggered response

blind to the bend in the mirror

distort, refract, enprismed glare

disease at the depths

backwards glances finding no return

refuge taken in hollow graves of craving

chimerical host, the proof of burden

condemned to indulgence a clerical reverie