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The atrophy

Of the Apostles

Lives on papyrus

Never to be erased



The canon of God

The Old Testament

The book of Moses

The creation of man



The holy phrases

Shall remain

Like the flowing rivers

And the warming sun



The Canon of Nil

Nothing but phlegm

A dangerous refuge

The addiction to hope



The Canon of Nil

The desperate search

Insight seems pointless

In the absence of god



The chorus

Of despair

Resounds

In Cathedrals



Sculpted and written

Created in delusion

In the candlelight

Of antiquity



A summoning

Of restless spirits

Craving for affection

And a worthy death



The Canon of Nil

Nothing but phlegm

A dangerous refuge

The addiction to hope



The Canon of Nil

The desperate search

Insight seems pointless

In the absence of god



The Canon of Nil

Nothing but phlegm

A dangerous refuge

The addiction to hope