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see you
see you in this carrion half-light
unworthy scavengers
you cluster to ravage
to defile the entity
drawn in this caisson
but you cannot
the living presence it bore
is greater than you
your gluttonness lust
might pick the meat clean
pick the bones dry
but this being has lived well beyond the muscle
beyond the sinew tendon and bone
these were its limits
now it is set free
so help yourself brother crow
sister raven
birds of black
help yourself
this essence has gone beyond
far beyond
to become infinite
pure thought
unbound spirit
what you pick apart is the afterimage
of a mortal now eternal
so take your fill crow
have your way raven
blackbird — do your best
engorge the glorious
then be gone
scatter
and far off
this caisson has delivered its miracle
unus est privatus
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rob kistner © 2010
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