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And so we commence

The festival of the sacrifice

Eat, drink, imbibe

Take your fill of sacred flesh

Chew off the sinews from their bones

Render the fat between your teeth

Rip apart the veins from their hearts

Let the blood sate your thirst

At the holy mount's summit

Gilded flesh ingested

Digested, then defecated

Gold returned to excrement

What are a hungry people to do

When resources are taken

To feed the full bellies

Of gods set at grand tables?