Riverbed

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We ignored the signs
Till the well was dry
Till our bellies groaned
And the gardens died
Now there’s nothing to decide
No shapes to find
In the piss-colored clouds
Drifting through the sky
We cast our dead into the riverbed
We cast our dead into the riverbed
Etch all we know into the hunger stones
Before the cursed wind rends bare our bones

No words remain
But this dire tale
For the savage kin
Who creep atop the shale
And the flies who still thrive
Within our hollow shells
To their children who are building
Nests inside our mouths
We cast our dead into the riverbed
We cast our dead into the riverbed
Etch all we know into the hunger stones
Before the wind rends bare our brittle bones

We cast our dead into the riverbed

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from Portents, released November 15, 2021

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Novus spero San Diego, California

Gospel of the final human century.
San Diego, CA / Hemet, CA / Flagstaff, AZ

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