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The Phoenix
You crawled out of that infernal purgatory
Ichor raining down your feathers of fallen glory
Tattooed on my back is the emblem of your story
7.
7 is the sin that is carved
Of all the damned sweat I was starved.
Envy, for the story that you forced me to live,
And yet you pathetically still ask me to forgive.
I’ll never forget the peace you took from me
Born frightened, I was forced to flee
Yet again, I see you everywhere, and I’ll never be free.
Pride, for your sharp beak as you hooked me to a table
And cut my skin, my arms, my navel
You made my limbs not too short and not too wide
The maroon way that you eyed my stride
Lust, for when you ripped the teeth out of my mouth
And threw those white silver dollars towards the south
I feel your stench in my throat
Choking on it as your talons gloat
Gluttony, for when you were going to explode
And all the fraud of your volley flowed
I twisted my wrist and signed your heavy contract
And watched as all my hopes and dreams were packed
Greed, for when we had to fight over scraps,
Selling my blood to pay off the tax.
Stealing from the soul of the poor
Because you wanted more than what you miserably had before
Sloth, for when I had to lick up my own spit
Because of the eye you didn’t bother to flit
Even in the darkest parts of that hell
I’m the reason you were able to crawl out of that hole that you dwell
Wrath, because you never learned to breathe
You extinguish underwater, your sins sheathe
Your flames burned the raw meat from my legs
But it’s too bad because you can’t lay eggs.
Half a millennium of reincarnation couldn’t pay for your tragedy,
When you come back people will always flee.
Signed to the Devil, you forgot he keeps your soul at bay,
Discarded by an angel, you made yourself this way.
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