Series/Sequence

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The veldt men pray
Carved wood and stone
And tear their flesh
To vein and bone.

The idols scowl
In the brassy sun
Unmindful of
Appeasement done.

Yea, warriors cringe,
Whose tauntings dare
The regnant brute
In regal lair.

As tribal gods
The brave confound,
They bruise their heads
Against the ground.

Kennings of death
Encyst the square,
The mourners drool
And children scare.

A charm,
a dream of protection.
Gurgles hold the night light’ s glow.

A stream of clouds
misting the branching tubes.

Water, in fog, a tub, plug to
wire in the wall saying

Okay, it’ s okay all night.

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