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Time Lapse

A soothing spectacle on screen:

A desertscape in lapsing time,

Where scenery - cactus, rocks, sand -

Never changes. The clocks tick on.

Though days flash by, time seems to freeze;

Sunrise repeats like gunfire.

Life seems eternal, unchanging,

The only obstacle being

Our usual human wear and tear.

 

Beyond, stormy seas of nonsense

Batter the crippled innocence

Of ...

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Strongmen   dystopia   anger   reactionary forces

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