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The Bleeding Season
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Poetry The full moon casts down her blessings
and the cats and the bats
and the crawling rats watch and wait
as the hooded elders
walking beyond rusted iron gate
One child chosen among the many
a sacrifice to the gods must be made
the elders say it must be
for the all the souls in the eternal void
to at last be set free
Under the burning stars heaven
the cats and the bats
and the crawling rats hide their eyes
as the dark elders
dance pray and cry
A night prepared for the bleeding
a plea to the holy ones is offered up
the fire carries it high
to the gods of men among the stars
a chosen child must die
