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I will take from the earth

and make it my own

String up the livestock

like weighted brown stones

Like watery sacks

no offering to me

No letting of blood

no plates, no feasts

So, I must take from the earth

I must drain lakes

leave the fish jumping

like fat off of flesh

AND GOD

if I scratched your cheek

I would take my life

but you...

couldn't stop to think

So I must take from the earth

and make it my own

start forest fires

shrink them into black fields

I MUST TAKE WHAT I DESERVE