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Mamta Sagar

Song Slaughter

the song,
when it fell
crumbled
collapsed,
the earth shuddered
flowed in red
tomorrow’s history
(and the lines that remain out of it)
unsung songs
quiver and quake
in soil and sludge
shattered dreams
buried wishes
flayed bodies

the last rays like pyre
set the river ablaze.

SONG SLAUGHTER

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Song Slaughter

the song,
when it fell
crumbled
collapsed,
the earth shuddered
flowed in red
tomorrow’s history
(and the lines that remain out of it)
unsung songs
quiver and quake
in soil and sludge
shattered dreams
buried wishes
flayed bodies

the last rays like pyre
set the river ablaze.

Song Slaughter

the song,
when it fell
crumbled
collapsed,
the earth shuddered
flowed in red
tomorrow’s history
(and the lines that remain out of it)
unsung songs
quiver and quake
in soil and sludge
shattered dreams
buried wishes
flayed bodies

the last rays like pyre
set the river ablaze.
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