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Into Darkness

Your house is roofless
the Bible turned cold
the popular music
has stopped
at the end of memory
there will be no change
murder not interrupting
readings of Homer
your bed is unfinished
there is no mail delivery
and your vase is empty
the piggy bank has broken,
even tenderness has limits
it is raining for forty minutes
only the child looks innocent.