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Portrait of the Fin de Siècle

Ravaged by drugs stifled by a mantle of fumes
the supernova smolders burned to a fiery star
of three evenings-of chaos desire and torment
steps onto the trampoline begins all over again
dwarf of our time star of evenings long extinct
you goat-footed artist mimicking the demiurge
apocalyptic funfair O prince of somnambulists
hide your loathsome face
while there's time call the Lamb cleansing waters
let the true star ascend and Mozart's Lacrimoso
call the true star the realm of the hundred leaves
let the Epiphany be fulfilled the New Page open

Structure

12 lines · 3 stanzas