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Tropic's Tithes

Return ...
His reveries drift
Across time --
They open doors,
Hard astern.
Winds shift --
And a crime:
Blood-soaked floors.
Yearning aches
Hope and uplift.
While no rhyme or reason
Abhors a slow burn.