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Sgian Dubh

By agora

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Sgian Dubh When you collect whatever I may owe, Remember: I am heretics And warlocks, I contain the heat Of horrid pyres. I write a script In indecipherable tongues: Remember. And when you embark on voyages with me Remember: I am caravans And banditry, I raze the walls Of holy cities. I contain Marauding troopers in my tongue: Remember. And when you embroil yourself within my love, Remember: I am pitiless And endless, I can contemplate Barbarities: a rampant love Is Babylon across the tongue: Remember. Written November 11th, 2001 © on Nov 11 2001 06:56 AM PST   0 • 10

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