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Beams of fire sweep through my head Thrusts of pain increasingly engaged Sensory receptors succumb I'm no one now, only agony My crimson liquid so frantically spilled The ruby fluid of life unleashed Ripples ascend to the surface of my eyes Their red

The void clenches its determined jaws A lethargic, careless motion to kill Monstrous, prodigious, indifferent Slow and deliberate its torturous skills Its molars grind and shatter Onerous, leaden bringers of hurt Unhurried in its deadly intent The un

A state of perfection, immersed in filth Equilibrium obtained Pure in devotion to all things unwell This sweet Zen of our ill condition sustained A new belief-system salvation found in vomit and blood Where deprivation, lies, corruption, war and pain

No more ifs, no bias, no ambiguity No wondering whether this is it Clarity to brightly shining The images so painfully absolute No edges blurred on this awareness No unknown weights to tip the knowledge scales Eyes dilated to grasp it all As ever ill

Humanity peeled from our bones Deprived of integuments that make us real Shadows of flesh to maintain the system Our own blood splashes as we kneel So meticulously machined Into these obedient devices Puppets, fine-tuned submissive drones Replicas of