---

so frail a bond

remote and unobserved

to convey the blot

that strains into our future

a century unfolds

in deepest destitution

so frail a bond

all huddled to preserve

from flames or cold

from hands that would beset

all this we saw

in deepest consternation

a century unfolds

and still we hold on

haggard and broken

the wretched of the earth

bleary and famished

their memory laid to rest

when their eulogies have been spoken

to collectively recollect

a hole in the hardest of grounds

dug by scores of tiny hands

how frayed is the edge of this moment

as we gather to recollect

our eyes to the sky

pregnant with blood

it rains down

with muted malevolence