Gone!

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I hear the crash of thunder
like a thousand little gongs
announcing the arrival
of the end to lifelong songs
I hear the footsteps crumbling,
the ground beneath their feet
I hear the smell of burning,
choking as they meet.

Gone! the wind comes
and sweeps away the desert street
Gone! the sound calls
and lingers to the crowning beat
Gone!
to whispers in the alley
Gone!
to shadows in my dreaming
Gone!
Gone!
Gone!

Gone!

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