Memento

A primal human relic 
A revenant of preminence 
In a primitive age of thought
A king without his crown.
A bomb without a fuse. 
C4 without the timer. 
Helpless to bare witness 
To each falsity and flaw
To each effect of the cause
Understanding the solution
But paralyzed by circumstance
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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