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‘Twas only moments ago, my cup poured out
Only moments ago, took only moments, lasts many moments
Now I feel for an empty flask
My hands grope blindly
Any vintner knows not to mix
Separate draughts in a single vessel
Yet in my greed, and hasty quest
I gobbled as much as my gullet would fill
My wineskin fit to burst
And doused in the wrath of grapes, I.
No, my wineskin dried and shriveled yields dust alone
Trying to slake my thirst and sustain goblet, I slosh about
Clumsily in a drunken stupor.
Rain wets Gods earth,
Turning dust into muck and mire
Swine with their rooting snouts mull
Cast into them, I belong
No pearls among swine,
Only swine among swine
Do not children live with parents?
And hens in the coop?
Why then do I reside in the realm of man
For I killed a maiden fair, times many more
With the selfish hunger of my heart’s lust
I betrayed my people,
With the wagging of my tongue,
Forsook my kingdom,
With the rolling of mine eyes.
Those evil blue orbs, cracked and red
Weeping angry blood at my own regret.
I wander through the wilderness, naked and savage,
Here, Guilty and innocent,
I stand alone.