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 a lid
of the Great Leveler.

Sleep…

Sleep one thousand thousand
thousand years, O.
Sleep one thousand thousand
thousand years.

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