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DeservingThe mountain did not move for me, / now I pound on a graying chest, / and clutch at my fluid skin,
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Pay The High PriceStricken from crown to chin. / Make the gag cover my vocal spin. / Let the earplugs cut my hearing thin.
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A Moment of DevotionSoot and ashes are the platter from which I dine, / the pool of my flagellation is the outpouring Merlot. / I forget to breathe through the lash,
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The Drummer Boys SongHeroes, processed in baths of blood,emerge spotless, / Oaths lanced on battered helmets and dirt dusted fatigues, the Hand of God upon the lawless, / Never let the barrel lay its head to an enemy, the shell casings remain fixed and fearless,
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Open BookRead me, in the elixir of life, / have a slice of duality pie. / Behind lined ivory,
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MotherLeaves cling to branches / pressed among siblings, and / wither in earths' lap.
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Echoes from the InkwellI shall never worthy be to step into Eternity. / Where I would walk in Spirit--and behold, / 'Our elements resolved to things untold.
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Lonestar BluesHunger is the cancer with a cure / bread lines are hiring open mouths. / The discarded pass with empty bellies,
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The Year PastWinter blasts,shrieking as pierced crystal in moonlight, / her figure trembles by the brinks edge. / Striking the center of her mind was a lost knight,
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PityYour pity is a cheap thing, I realize injurious truth / tattooed on pale canvas are illustrations / I should have never seen
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