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Ruins

9/15/2017

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Picture
Ruins

Archeology
Makes
No
Apology
For
Digging
Up
Ancient
Tombs,
Prying
Through
Burial 
Rooms,
Unearthing
Broken
Tool
And
Shard
Without
Regard
For
Hosts
Of
Observant
Ghosts
Of
Old,
While
Searching
For
Scraps
Of
Gold
Or
Any
Clue
As
To
What
Mankind
Used
To
Do.
There
Is 
The
Crook
And
Flail
Of
Might,
Hidden
From
Sight
These
Multitude
Of 
Years,
With
Hopes
And
Fears
To
Reach
An
After
Life.
Vital
Organs
Packed
In
A
Jar,
But
They
Did
Not
Travel
Far,
Are
Found
Deep
Under
Ground,
Withered
To
Shrunken
Skin
And
Bone,
Humanly
All
Alone, 
Silent
As
Stone.
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