May
23
“Conquests of a Culture” by Phil D’Arcangelis
As we now enter in the last circle of life,
let this resounding cry serve as catharsis.
Are we doomed to repeat our ancestry’s mistakes
or carve out a new niche in the chapters to come?
A silencing has risen that encircles all
and leads the horde astray toward the grand downfall.
At the center of its very essence lies the collection
of past iniquities and all our failures,
Awaiting the day that humanity offers up her hallowed accolades
as this monstrosity deals its final blow.
Our intentions clear—we plead for a concord
to redeem us from ourselves and certain dissolution.
These thoughts will strike the heart
of our condemning comforts and strongest convictions.
We lay entranced in a pernicious slumber—
Idle in the face of our inevitable ruin as the end approaches •