Doom Scrolling

when symmetry surrenders to extremes

we are besieged by headlines tinged with dread

but this world looks away while the earth screams

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the wounds of ruptured rock, of surging streams

are measured with the bodies of the dead

when symmetry surrenders to extremes

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for ruin of land and life, wrestling regimes

pay soul for soul, exchanging blood they’ve shed

but this world looks away while the earth screams

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With news of body counts flooding our dreams

we view the past to rest from what’s ahead

when symmetry surrenders to extremes

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untouchable and clean, the death-mask gleams

a god’s demise pried from its ancient bed

but this world looks away while the earth screams

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It was that past that founded present themes

I claim a future world of peace instead

when symmetry surrenders to extremes

but this world looks away while the earth screams