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rituals for overcoming death

kill the goat / don’t kill the goat
     but the sun will still rise
(the damn thing rises anyway)

//

peering through a crack in the lead casket of ignorance
the Italian says,
      and still, it moves.

//

our footprints scatter the lunar dust
      our trash litters up a small red planet
we are choking our own air
before we can fly off elsewhere.

//

and the sun will still rise
        and still, the damn thing moves

//

like a boy in the bathroom
  with a blade to his own throat
there is a limit to the damage we can do:

yes, we will choke.
kill the goat / don’t kill the goat

          the damn thing will rise
     without us.

Date: 2019-03-27 01:10 pm (UTC)
wolfy_writing: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wolfy_writing
Beautifully structured!

Date: 2019-03-28 04:38 am (UTC)
gool_duck: a model of a human heart. text says: 'you are here' (you are here)
From: [personal profile] gool_duck
I read this. I like this.

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