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Mine Danse Macabre Doppelganger

housed within mine impenetrable hermetically 
   sealed invisible bubble
   draped with blackened Hades 
   hued habiliment therein dwelt
sinister saboteur mastermind marauder of the Hubble
   who demanded sacrifice to traverse 
   river styx with unadulterated gelt         
which known phantasmagorical 
   donning double dutchmen's britches
   whose piercing fiery ocular presence unseen but felt  
thine true self amidst the aftermath 
   from Armageddon rubble
   astride charred global ruins 
   entire civilization did melt
entire planet prognosticated 
   by Maya sages with 11th hour stubble
   birthed this Darth Vader nemesis 
   with evil upon earth he did pelt
annihilating mankind, the derelict species 
   that fueled trouble
   hence evil twin appointed apocalyptic 
   malevolence spelt
   with mass crematorium desecration 
   left horrific blistering welt!
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countdown to *****sapiens extinction 
   predicted millenniums in past
   to occur December 21 two thousand 
   and twelve after common era
whereby catastrophic spark detonating 
   inferno incinerating blast
   eradicating extant flora and fauna 
   bereft sans hegira
with no means to interrupt the dusk key die 
   since dawn of civilization cast.
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impossible to escape ominous predetermined 
   fate of human rat race
nor turn back hands of time with origin 
   of species on clock face
thus ticking closer to hour of doomsday 
   without faith to brace
allowing, enabling and providing Gaia 
   to redeem terrestrial space
vestiges of teeming billions soon 
   erased criminal minds without a trace
forcefully relinquishing  simians 
   planetary stranglehold amazing grace
proffering tabula rasa for another 
   dominant species to claim the place.
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sirens promulgate emergency toward 
   impending inescapable cataclysm
   yet no place to run or hide lest one boards 
   a rocket light-years away
which makes suspense thrillers 
   birthed by John Grisham
   enviable plot to keep total Earths’ 
   destruction at bay.

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