A misshapen time...

 
Growing thirst for power drinking captured lightning from the bottle,
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Charging up their war-torn hills at a full throttle
Ringing revolution bells in the deception halls
Singing heartless anthems massed at the call,
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Ship sails into windless doldrums of sadness
Some drowning in a sea of blackness,
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Sacrificed by fire and scorching wind,
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Factless state of righteous indignation
Only shadow views are given the appellation,
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Their flow of confusing undercurrents of mind
A symptom of broader malaise' gripping rhymes
Using momentum to counter twisted word crimes,
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All seven sages of Memphis would not have foreseen those headlines...