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Julian (Flavius Claudius )

What Julian sought I have sought In razed and restored clay temples We have always worshiped words These gods upon the Olympian crags splinters of reason, waterfalls splashing, numinously upon our heads Then, i thought i ran out of words life draining them, slowly, dripping blood-like, into a sterile shallow pool of responsibility, but i sense your new words, surrounding me i perceive it was just a deception i am not just an animal, led to the bleakest slaughterhouse, i will go out bleating, words and the last thing i hear your new words, ringing in my mad, but never cowed brain.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 9/13/2009 8:08:00 PM
This is brilliant, Tom! I'm not sure how I missed it when you posted, and why no one else has seen it, but it is simply wonderful! Hugs, Donna
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