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chattering heads

clattering stones

a sick sense of pride

old major to napoleon

the vertigo of pyramid schema

an acolyte’s kiss

equal, more equal, most equal, greater than

face to name, to cause, to power

clamoring for ballast

clinging to luster

externalized immaculate

the amber crest of justification

whitewash these towering walls

twisted obligator’s grin

clean the truth from beyond your teeth

chasing down the wolves

blurring visage to take in the end

bearing weight on lines of fault

to slip, to fold, to yield

ambassadors to the reliquary

rehearsing bureaucratic visions

writ of passage, sanctions preordained

the pillar’s shadow to the horizon