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Humanities ruinous opiate of consumption

Transforms hallowed greenery to mildewed wrecks

As the concrete grey becomes our reflection

Your act of contrition proves false and hollow

Mandarins like drones hasten to their doom

Dwelling in the misery of the unhappy souls

The box with the fastest lid prised open

Releasing acts that inspire minds revulsion

A malodorous flux permeates the air

As blemished souls decline without a care

Give a litany in praise of all our deaths

Without struggle, an elegy to the flesh

People entrapped in suffocating snare

Gradual demise unnoticed by the unaware

Sight impaired by a cloak of red

Choking existence filled with daily dread.

Humanities ruinous opiate

Concrete grey

Mildewed wrecks

Reflect our lives

In this our ruinous opiate

The collective consciousness forms a corpse

Despoiling the devoted immature mind

Its capillaries strain, precious fluidity tears

The framework of veins gushes scarlet through the air

A fatality in the source of all life

The water cleanses no guilt, cannot be saviour

Like Ophelia in the lake, surrounded by lilies

Given a warning not to dabble in curios