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The high priests have spoken
we were thrilled
when they said we could sleep
through.
They knew we were tired,
that we were natural-born agitators
given to independent incivility.
It was good to relax,
to completely numb the heart-sickness;

and so to bed
with the rest of the grateful dead.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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