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Grand parades to greet the Summer

Music sweet to soothe the ear

Lurid splendors, endless wonders

Brilliant costumes to mask the fear

To what dark thing are you beholden?

What is worth that thing you hide?

Fair weather days and streets paved golden

Make it easy to believe the lie.

Below the ground that you walk over

Your silence has left its mark

Despised, abused, and made to suffer

Forgotten children of the dark

Omelas