Under stone and river,
beneath silt and sea,
a blackness, unrivaled,
waiting.
Sleep one thousand thousand
thousand years, O.
Sleep one thousand thousand
thousand years.
Sleep one thousand thousand
thousand years, O.
Sleep one thousand thousand
thousand years.
A golden lamp,
an eyeless djinni,
with once and future wishes:
Fire, Extinction and Speed.
Sleep…
Wing of every bird
Roots of each tree
Breath of all fishes
Blood of all beasts
Sleep…
Flame – Smoke – Ash – Tar
Searchlight splits the lids
of the Great Leveler.
Sleep…
Sleep one thousand thousand
thousand years, O.
Sleep one thousand thousand
thousand years.
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