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Cannibal’s Call

A Poem

By Atomic HistorianPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Cannibal’s Call
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The cannibals call from down the hall

SACRIFICE!!

To save our lives

Or civilization will fall

The end begins when the maws open wide

Feeling they have nothing left to hide

All hope for recovery lost

Falling from our glide slope

We elope with our dreams to find a new life

Away from their greed ridden strife

No belief in reprieve can survive the fallacy of our reality

Sold a bag of goods

Only to be hunted by men in hoods

Death at the hands of the gods of Goods and Services

Chaining our cervix to Cerberus’s will

We pray to The Pleiades to disperse with our curse

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