These evil and ireful times

Won’t conquer us all

Some will crawl from it unharmed

Without the shame of shackles

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This cruelhearted epoch

Won’t sicken us all

Some will thrive in their illusions

Turned away from ruin

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Beneath the tired eyes of midnight

Old villainy will unfold,

As the shrill and violent echo

Of history’s explosion

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It’s encircling fallout

Won’t leave us all to hunger

Some will choke down the last

Of a plentiful land