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Black Ghazal I

Black Ghazal I

from We Be Walkin' Blackly in the Deep

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Jun 27, 2023
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Black Ghazal I
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We be the spirits of the mountains, extending our fingertips
to the edge of the exosphere, reconnecting with galactic fingertips.
 
The earth gives us up & we crumble in its fist
until we reach our last tectonic rift              	until we’re nothing but 

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