we get one look at the length 

of death's wings 

in flames circling relics 

chained eastward 

chained westward 

black link to fire link 

black link to fire link 

north link to southern link 

and a promise 

clenching the arrow 

in its iron beak 

leans into the wind 

division street wind 

sweats like it's swamp heat 

sweats like it's swamp heat 

pale glow looms 

moons on all horizons 

ancestors all 

labored between these 

rising suns 

that torch their own galaxies 

black wings feathers 

falling around me 

skeletal beast 

starting to breathe 

starting to breathe 

he's breathing 

black link to fire link                                                   black link to fire link                                                   north link to southern link