Lucas Akkadian Biography

Solemnly I discorded
to meddle in the cogs of grace,
Driving faster out of hope to be saved
as angels resisted and devils gained.
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I am suspended amidst the chaotic
disassembling of paraplegic machines
Terminally doomed and forever withering into stone.
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Our tethers fell dismantled
Into the withering sun
To leave me breathing in the smoke.
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With that ephemeral
tragic talk show stare,
to cut through your most
elaborate mask
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By Luke VanderPol


The animate corpses hunt for clemency
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