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Black Bile I
02:56
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Lost
in soft textures
upon
a sinking sea
the sky's open mouth
where white light
blazes
above a waning sun...
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Black Bile II
03:45
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Walking where the wolf sleeps
beyond the yearning of blood
to know of silenced time
eyes depart from memory
as muscle turns to stone
amongst the Tree's harvested roots
Torn like leaves
in the winter's coming wind
between the dirt
and a nightsky
broken and unbound
freedom; an open wound
and I turn away
No statues stand.
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Black Bile III
05:47
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So the lost flame lies
in the journey to the waves
in the hours of ending
In the hours...
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