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Initiation


In the so called
primitive times
of iconoclasm
in a state of purity -
(a sea of trees)
the initiate
was sent
To the cadre
heart
of the matter
to survive
& thrive
or
maybe die
in a state of consciousness expansion

*   *   *

In a less primitive time
the hunchbacks
and the deformed
were sent to the woods
to die
but often times
they survived
and developed
magical powers
and this became known
amongst the towns people
who began to fear what they tried to destroy

*   *   *

What was the mechanism
through which this occurred?

(That magical powers come about in a state of seclusion.)

What is the secret?

Could it be
coming into contact
with something

Other?

Could it be
a reallocation of consciousness
to something that exists

Beyond?

 I look to the
prisons
hospitals
alleys
suburban bedrooms

as

the

new

wildnerness-seclusion

and

the

new

Initiation
Written by Cipher_O (WarlordoftheWrittenWord)
Published
Author's Note
This city deserves a better class of criminal.
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