Lending an ear to the silence,
----- crimson, we bleed rivers
ever since the birth of music,
----- rivers turn red with blood,
no time signature ends the flow,
----- violence reigns supreme,
death itself cannot quench its thirst,
----- une fois que j'ai eu soif,
in the city, after the rain,
----- little worms swim for air,
nothing to do but watch and wait,
----- bubbles break the surface,
given we are just flesh and blood,
----- all that seeps out, qirmiz,
answer the question, the problem
----- without a solution,
no one knows an affirmative
----- reply to violence,
ever since Cain murdered Abel,
----- blood pours into rivers,
answering violence with hate,
----- greed, desire, brothers feud,
retribution seeks punishment,
----- justice outside the law,
transgression after transgression,
----- we paint the town blood red,
only our descendants survive,
----- they live in the desert,
tranquil in death, the body lies
----- in repose, the coffin
holds the woman, her face painted
----- badly by her sister,
everlasting sorrow, grieving
----- until death steals her breath,
shaken, not stirred, she drinks her pain
----- away with martinis,
il y a une fois que j'ai soif,
----- alcohol slakes her thirst,
live and let live, ashes, bones, dust,
----- here nothing speaks, listen,
even the silence cannot scream,
----- yet she feels pain as well,
nothing but empty gestures, hands
----- say nothing but wring blood,
crimson, her dreams dissolve, she drowns
----- in city life sex crimes,
enter the temple of the dog,
----- the cynical lover,
canine scriptures question meaning,
----- offer no assistance,
rest assured, this philosophy,
----- ancient as time itself,
interests only students of dogs,
----- Diogenes himself
masturbates in public when drunk,
----- waiting for her sister,
sinister southpaw pugilist,
----- slaps his face left-handed,
only boxer left standing waits
----- to take her hand and walk
north until the cold steels her breath,
----- gives her strength against drink,
wedding in the suburbs, her cake,
----- red velvet, delicious,
ermine white icing for winter,
----- his cake, a devil's food,
bitter from life's hypocrisy,
----- she boxes the boxer,
little does he care, punch drunk love
----- keeps him happy for years,
enter Diogenes, the pimp
----- of the Southside, looking
endlessly for his wandering
----- whores, the devil entrusts
dogs and their keepers with the keys
----- to the keep, the refuge,
respectively, of dogs and men
----- alike, antiquity
inviting them to return, back
----- to a past, long ago,
victims without victuals, daily
----- bread to make a living,
egoless sinners without God,
----- heaven, or the Scriptures,
remain inside the citadel,
----- waiting for the ambush,
silence, their only sign of peace,
----- godless, they await death.
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