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The King of Hades

The king of hades came and rode And split thousands many throat From the body of men and women who float On the blue rhyme-singing water in boat And the massacre continued into the large city Crushing all the dried lilies And drawing blood from the body of innocent farm-boys who looked tacky And from the royal kids from a blossoming family And from all others that are not or more than wealthy The king of hades came and rode through all living bodies And made them in a blink of the eyes and a pump from the lungs a breathless sleeping body Many a women were left with an open abdomen And some mercy-untimed killings for the men And some more ruthless savage for the salvagers in the den For priests are a torn face and cracked skull For town-criers; arrows were stuck into their guts And for many anonymously unknown, they were greeted by cold-death on swords And for animals, some had their belly torn And some killed by spilling a drain of blood; from a stab of their own horn And birds who had their skin burnt And fishes who in black boiling oil were drowned The beautiful horror scene filled with terror is more than the eyes can afford And more than nature could afford What more for, what more before The king of hades came and killed thousands, and infinity, and many more

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Date: 1/14/2016 10:19:00 AM
Hi White Sage, Cometh the King Of Hades, he let lose the dogs of war and hell was upon the earth. Death and Destruction before his armies, But few left lifted their voices to the father and sent were the Angelorum, Dark men came forth from their mother storm and battle was done for what was left of humanity. Your mighty words bring these thoughts to my mind. You bring my thoughts to an ancient time. A Dance with the Devil....Vladislav. A seven and a fave my friend.
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Date: 1/14/2016 10:33:00 AM
thanks Vladislav...am glad you came by...and yes! the angels really got the hades sealed up forever
Date: 1/1/2016 2:56:00 PM
I have had a good look around half a dozen of your poems, White Sage. The one striking quality that seems to be an enduring thread, that runs through all the ones I have read so far, is the undeniable sound of chanting; almost like I would expect a "Rapper" to sound like. Most striking in its unique sort of way. My best wishes, White Sage - Cheers! :) john
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Date: 1/1/2016 3:58:00 PM
thanks John, sometimes writing just can't help it, the pen steals from emotions and passion

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