SAYING YES
time and time again
on the wooden stage floor
when the maroon velvet curtain opens
appears a man made of planks
with neat holes in his hands
on the soles of his feet
with a hole on his brainless head
time and time again
on the wooden stage floor
when the maroon velvet curtain opens
appears a man made of planks
with neat holes in his hands
on the soles of his feet
with a hole on his brainless head
When it is done;
I will be surrounded
by memorials
and dead souls.
When the bugle
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