Two Simple Facts

Among the wagers 
And blood lust
No one listens to the ceiling fan 
Over the title fight. 

2

All the dying children
Of the holy and rotting corpse
Have made it a habit of crawling to the glowing light
To 
Find
Nothing
At all.
The greatest trick played on man.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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