finale

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we were born
of dust gathered

and we will pass
into dust scattered

nothing
nothing will hold

all the small things will
emit the greatest scream
and the cats will
smother the babies
and the skunks will
demand yes demand to be
crushed under tires

nicks and cuts in
the sky will
knit themselves
together

oceans and seas of
piss and shit will
froth and boil over the
borders and drown
the dreamers

blackened roses will fit the
skins of the politicians

the counters of the extinct
will become extinct

yet the rats will laugh and
run mad across the
yellowed maps

and the rapists and the
popes will have
a lasting sameness

at last

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