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Arius Miura de Galdri
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0 posted 2013-08-07 06:42 PM


"Failed Custodians"

Our world is in her death throes
Afflicted with a curse
This ailment called humanity
Vampiric in our thirst

Unceasing is our hunger
And shameful is our waste
And callous are our hardened hearts
Priorities misplaced

But no one bats an eyelash
And nobody thinks twice
And no one seems to realize
How high will be the price

Our world can't last forever
And now the end is nigh
As we, her failed custodians,
Do naught but watch her die...

"My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--it gives a lovely light!"  -Edna St. Vincent Millay

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swampguy
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since 2013-08-04
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1 posted 2013-08-07 07:30 PM


I agree the world as we know it is doomed. Still, I imagine it will survive yet another doomsday prediction. It has before, and it will again. I am appalled at the way the world is turning, that much I concur wholeheartedly with you.

~*~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~*~

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