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Found in regions dark and dank Where vaulting caverns, huge of span, Hide tablets lost in dust and mire Upon which wrote... are Runes of Man. Ancient wizards, bent and thin, Travelled far with guiding hand, Clad in gowns of filth and sin To meet in Pharaoh’s desert land. There beneath the shade of palm Bequeathed the olives, lentils, lamb, They forged the Runes of wisdom’s balm To guide the future world of man. Runes which set and redefined The boundaries of humankind, Hieroglyphics  hungered for, For which a Pope would ****  to find. Mantras carved in granite stone Which call a halt to man’s excess, Which drop the sword of heaven’s wrath On they who wilfully transgress. Runes which set the matrix line Cage temptation’s flaccid paw, **** the greed of Satan’s spawn And limit mankind’s lust for more. There is a limit to resource, There is a point, which gone beyond, Unravels all that's won before And leaves a chaos... pale and wan So seek to find the Runes of Man, Venture into Hell's hot maw, Plunge the depths of oceans deep Claim and keep... by tooth by claw. These ancient Runes by ancient men Who gifted us their wisdoms grace, Who gathered in an ancient time To future proof this human race. Marshalg @the Bach Mangere Bridge 22 January 2011
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Jan 21, 2011
Jan 21, 2011 at 12:00 PM UTC
The Runes of Man
Found in regions dark and dank Where vaulting caverns, huge of span, Hide tablets lost in dust and mire Upon which wrote... are Runes of Man. Ancient wizards, bent and thin, Travelled far with guiding hand, Clad in gowns of filth and sin To meet in Pharaoh’s desert land. There beneath the shade of palm Bequeathed the olives, lentils, lamb, They forged the Runes of wisdom’s balm To guide the future world of man. Runes which set and redefined The boundaries of humankind, Hieroglyphics  hungered for, For which a Pope would ****  to find. Mantras carved in granite stone Which call a halt to man’s excess, Which drop the sword of heaven’s wrath On they who wilfully transgress. Runes which set the matrix line Cage temptation’s flaccid paw, **** the greed of Satan’s spawn And limit mankind’s lust for more. There is a limit to resource, There is a point, which gone beyond, Unravels all that's won before And leaves a chaos... pale and wan So seek to find the Runes of Man, Venture into Hell's hot maw, Plunge the depths of oceans deep Claim and keep... by tooth by claw. These ancient Runes by ancient men Who gifted us their wisdoms grace, Who gathered in an ancient time To future proof this human race. Marshalg @the Bach Mangere Bridge 22 January 2011
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Jan 21, 2011
Jan 21, 2011 at 12:00 PM UTC
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