We raise the walls to the wind, standing tall
Striving still to survive in the hills with our wives
And the children are spent in the dens of our tents
While we take to the battlements, take to the battlements
Dust-swallowed air, hallowed earth, ruddy glare
Bearing down on their gowns fallen fast to the ground
And the trampled and few stampede slow to their pews
Spewing prayer to the blasphemy, prayer to the blasphemy
Scream, scatter quick! past the scorched, burning wicks
Fighting tears near the haze where the bodies lie splayed
And the earth in disguise, giving birth to the fires
Eyelids close, silent chest, eyelids close, silent chest
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3 comments:
always such an awesome scheme.
i love the chantlike rhythm to this one. you shall never cease to amaze.
so who's who? who are the warriors and who are the people praying for their lives? i gotta know.
-mike
is this about war in the name of god? at any rate, i love it, the rhythms and intensity and despair.
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