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burn long and hot

old cowardly flame

fill all the old emptiness up

with the echoes left from

another dark shame

bury deep

though unnecessarily so

your charred guilty ashes

even as you ravenously consume

all that is boundless and good

eating all possible mystery of life

away

as only any true guilt of the flesh

ever could

but remember your hours are doomed

and your influence upon the flesh

will never touch the soul

you are unworthy of any further ponder

by this spirit's angry hand

your chaos missed its goal

dark thoughts

can not capture

this child of the light!...............

(Jan. 17, 1998)

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