The knife pierced the tattoo of his baby's name
It bleeds the heart that beat for his lover
It slices the chest that witnessed a million kisses
He spilled out blood red as any other
...
The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for
Centuries delayed
Its fitness growing like the Flood
In sumptuous solitude-
The desolations only missed
While Rapture changed its Dress
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