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Absence of Pipers

By agora

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The Absence of Pipers Will Seriously Impair The Tune I ask you to do simple things yet you do not do them I ask you to do impossible things yet you do not do them I ask you to do simply impossible things yet you do not do them. I ask you to restore the shrouds to the corpses in your catacombs yet you do not do it I ask you to reinvent and renegotiate your ancestry yet you do not do it I ask you to destroy the names of all things I abhor yet you do not do it I ask you to donate an organ system to me yet you do not do it I ask you to reconcile a paradox, any bloody paradox yet you do not do it I ask you to prove I have made you vastly superhuman yet you do not do it I ask you to intercede with the Blessed Virgin Helga on my behalf yet you do not do it I ask you to make a bone-flute from a perfect feather yet you do not do it I ask you to uncover the wells of the celestial drinking beasts yet you do not do it I ask you to make the sun and moon a trifle more obedient yet you do not do it I ask you to burrow into the molten core of you yet you do not do it I ask you to burrow into the murky core of me yet you do not do it yet you do not do it yet you do not do yet you do not yet you do yet you yet . Written November 17th, 2001 © on Nov 16 2001 11:16 PM PST   0 • 10

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