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they came to be counted
listening, intently to
their current King...
encircled, by
his coven of businessmen
the practiced patriarchs call...
for every able bodied soul
willing ...to sacrifice their all
for shares
in the greatest treasure-ever...
hoards of pirates, priests
...warlords...
fell in step
with armies
of old world death dealers
...from antiquity
having been
embattled survivors
of countless centuries
of victorious warriors,
murderers and thieves...
having persistent failures
to maintain peace,
fought to enrich themselves...
and those they led
enemy/ally, friend and foe...
no one was spared long
beyond the mellow devil's
...indecent proposals
by smokescreens,
hide such ill intent...
misleading marks,
sketched upon skin
a written promise,
a beginning...
expectations of civility
...on a whim
an iconic compromise
of dire consequences
for a people lead
to void their existence
with no inkling...
of its purpose ...or its end
spotters who see
the unfolding moments
stand, at the ready
to unleash
their hidden swords
from their scabbards...
raise them high
upon the signal
prearranged...
send them
singing ...death in the wind
of yet another
civilized, kin...
and after
they've found their mark
plunge them deep
into the bleeding hearts
of old and young,
women and children too
extermination,
the task at hand...
remove all claim
to stolen lands...
and fallen empires,
of which... no longer stand
allowing no honor
to bone, nor flesh
of once fallen warriors
...into silent screams
spread over the nations
...blood soaked lands...
say nothing of the priests
whose deliberate acts
defiled, defied...
a living, loving
...GOD,
THUS...
Upon, death...
directly, following
your last breath...
your passport
to HEAVEN
...is irrevocably,
DENIED
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