Exercises in Futility II

There is a style in total denial
 A certain elegance of fear
 Hesychasm is so much convenient
 With the desert within ourselves
 Stray dogs lead disciples of Oedipus
 As the shrouds gently cover
 Exquisite paroxysms of ruin
 And well mannered choking on nothingness
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 Nether
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 The cracks in soma
 Psyche and pneuma
 Are as one-way mirrors
 It's one well-lit desert
 And the pyres extend
 Beyond the horizon
 And cold flames flicker
 Upon ashes of hope
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 Through hallways carved in a crystal
 Onto the uttermost parts of the pit
 Jostling through cadavers
 Of former selves
 You would swear there's amusement in the eyes of the dead
 Again
 Nether
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 Again
 Nether
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 Nether
 A reward for the perseverant
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 Unceasing howling of the heart
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 Bound to walk this path
 Nether
 Again
 Nether - now and forever
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 I wish it was classic fire and brimstone
 But clearly, there is a very special plan
 Paved with havoc and shattered virtues
 As if there were any other paths
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 With every dream
 The pyres grow taller
 An enemy of trust
 A misled scholar
 Stray philanthrope
 In vain endeavor
 Walk this path
 Now and forever