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The End is Near: a chant royal
The end is near, and what is worse, it looks so very much the same as the beginning. How perverse! We’d best start handing out the blame before the opportunity is past, and we are forced to flee elected our … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, chant royal, daily poems, disillusion, dreams, ending, grande ballade, poetic forms
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Bargain debasement
Always thought that I would be important to humanity; save the world and all that kind of stuff. And if the end came, when it did, I’d be right in the middle of it Talking loud and acting kinda tough. … Continue reading