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Holocaust of the supreme

Longing for vision and loathing it

A reef, devoured by unfathomable gulfs

And foundering in waters, shoal, foul and pure

The world is done

A polluted stream this vessel is forsooth

Hearkening unto the inherent void

And hurling forth scanty fare

For the leper cannot behold without envy, despair

May he become and overcome

May he be a convalescent

A bridge to me and not the goal

Verily, a putrid stream he is

Plucking the ears, despising the bodily

Halting before the final precipice

And clattering like kettledrums

An arrow of longing for a shore beyond

Bless me, then, tranquil eye

Leprous convalescent, foul and pure

Be abyss, be interstice

A bridge to me and not the goal

Casting cheerful auguries

Into waters, shoal

A brook whose benignity changes its air

To one expressive of affright and despair

A transubstantiation which bestows unto the mind

Uncreation - vision's vessel and plea

Inhale, exhale

Holocaust of the supreme

Longing for vision and loathing it

A reef, devoured by unfathomable gulfs

And foundering in waters, shoal, foul and pure

The world is done

Inhale, exhale

Shell devoid of inherent existence

Craving and clinging - Imputing a journey ill

Floating, quivering unreal

Shape without relief

Arrows hurled each to each

Meeting midway in vagrant flight

Slicing the void

Stupendous, featureless still

The world is done

Mind has done away with perceptions, ideas, and views

Holocaust of the supreme