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Wax Chanting

Rooting for gems in the devils left hand
trapped in a flesh cage, there's no escaping
each etching upon the face telling tales of greed
tossing aside family-making love to dead "things"
greed is a fanged drug without hope of antidote
say for a rope to the nape or a bullet to the soul
old man sits on a throne made from bones of regret 
pinching out the last candle without family or friend
wax dripping over a hollowed out heart, chanting...
           oh      
               what could have been
                                oh
                                    what could have been.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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