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part ii. between the emotion and the response

THOSE WHO HAVE CROSSED WITH DIRECT EYES

TO THE DEATH'S OTHER KINGDOM

EYES I DARE NOT MEET IN DREAMS

IN DEATH'S DREAM KINGDOM

THESE DO NOT APPEAR

THERE, THE EYES ARE SUNLIGHT ON A BROKEN COLUMN

THERE, IS A TREE SWINGING AND VOICES ARE IN THE WIND'S SINGING

MORE DISTANT AND MORE SOLEMN THAN A FADING STAR

BETWEEN THE EMOTION AND THE RESPONSE

FALLS THE SHADOW

this is the way the world ends
this is the way the world ends
this is the way the world ends

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