Shot as they were, they seemed to collapse under the weight of some extraordinary gravitational pull
Suppose he could be off in a fit of rage; he’s been known to fly off the handle
In the raw footage, it could be clearly seen that the men raised machetes and brought them down upon…
Perhaps this is some sick fantasy of yours, some wish fufillment you seem destined to make real
There is no religion more intractable than the Temple of Hate
Listening as they half-vocalize, half-whimper, until all is coldly silent
If there was only more time, more understanding, more of what the elders once called love
But now there is only the boot of insult, the tearing down of all that is truly divine
I have seen writing in dark dreams, omens of what is about to arrive
This time of year, this place among the infernal dross of disilusionment and deracination
The solutions will always seem far too pat, the questions far too complex
And so forth and so forth and so
Until all is conquered with rage, with agony, with the last vestiges of what once was
I call for the check–
I wish only to be carried home
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