A String of Ears
Line after line
Round after round
Empty shells
Fall to the ground
City after city
Mound after mound
To collapse
Without a sound
Wrist after wrist
Clang of shackles ring
Closing veins
Soon to shepard in
Prophet after prophet
Hymn after hymn
Bridging mountains-
Hear the slaves sing
Song after song
Sorrow after sorrow
Sullen hearts
No wish for tommorow
Ashen after ember
Row after row
Mouth of War
To gape an' swallow
Father after father
Son after son
Familial lines
So come undone
A string of ears
One after one
Sucked into gravity
Of Hells forgotten sun
A string of fears
On and on...
Round and round...
Mound after mound...
Hear the slaves sing
As empty shells
Fall to the ground
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