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Bow To the King

Bow to the King We Robot, she was skin Great King once sought I know naught What lies within A fly buzzed in Hear him, blue-bottle Rancid pain, she did throttle She hath no sin The great creeping shadows Fall upon the walls She goes numb, when pain calls Lurks she now in placid meadows Dew on brow, Youth eternal We chant the dirge—we sing the hymnal

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