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along dirty, sodden roads

shadow images of lost dreams

brooding, slowly walking

into the damp mist

tear-eyed city awaits

biding its time, drawing back claws

my soul drifts out of its body

a child eager to play

give me a moment

to understand the power of time

to overwhelm and feign life

just a fleeting illusion

angel tears soak my face

in a little pool

still, I turn my face to the ground,

bitter truth awaits there

sham glitter, lamp-light,

civilisation's filthy mockeries

absolv, depress me

this day is like the others

for a second eternity

touches, consumes me