Sympathectomy

The cosmic paradox that binds us all
 Converging only in beginning and end
 The noose's shadow steady hangs over our heads
 Watching life unfold in reverse
 It's like dying in the womb: an unexpected gift
 As the four walls of a glass casket grant
 Our collective existence a tomb with a view
 Dragon-slaying is its own reward
 In this bingo parlor for the dying
 the tree of life sways to the opposite
 And circle reunites with circle
 Working hard at being unacceptable
 So throw the bodies on top of the pyre
 But please be mindful and recycle their beliefs
 Because 3 out of 4 horsemen aren't jobless
 Envision your worst nightmare...
 We call it a day in the life
 You despise what you once held so tight
 So near, unclear, unfeared...
 Please turn up buried or missing
 Plague
 Pestilence
 Death
 Exhaled in every breath
 Lumber forth
 Plague
 Pestilence
 Death
 Downfall manifest
 Lumber forth night
 Lumber forth... eternal night
 Your deception fetish is not only appalling,
 It reeks like a limbless prostitute's breath
 As list of disorders as follows in this exact order:
 Enlightenment, salavation, forever, hope, faith, death
 Mourn
 Scorn
 Worship
 Abort
 Deny
 Refuse
 Negate
 Genuflect
 As we pay our final disrespects
 Gathered in the church of the atom
 Let us exalt in finality
 At oblivion's altar
 Mushroom clouds
 Snort these putrid fumes