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                   Splattered words are thrown about
                                        as
                      the cold ground grips the root.
                                        
                      Skin of earth is pierced again
                                        as
                      The cold ground grips the root.
                                        
                      Home we knew as life dissolves 
                                        as
                      The cold ground grips the root.
                                        
                      Last breath that holds the sky
                                        as
                      The cold ground grips the root
                                        
                      grass bleeds out to crimson red 
                                        as
                      the cold ground grips the root.
                                        
                      Another drop without the fall
                                        as
                      The cold ground grips the root.
                                        
                      None  will hear the shot fired.
                                        as
                      The cold ground grips the root
                                        
                      The cold ground shall release
                                       
                       when the grip of root is free
 
                         to feed the hungry world

                            God will sleep again

                                and all will be

                                  as though

                                   it never

                                      was
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June 2, 2021 at 9:24 PM
A fascinating write, fascinating pattern, and a meaningful conclusion. I really enjoyed your poem a lot, Vernon, especially "the cold ground shall release when the grip of root is free to feed the hungry world God will sleep again." Exquisite!
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