What injustice it is that a living being should wither and his youthful beauty fade<\/p>\n
Then his lovers should carry him away as a corpse, dried up by hopes and melodies<\/p>\n
And they should put him to sleep on thorns and rocks, under the dirt and stones<\/p>\n
And they should return, leaving his remains for a world of hidden secrets<\/p>\n
He and the bitter solitude and darkness in his terrifying and terrible grave<\/p>\n
Under the rule of worms and thorns and sand and the hands of annihilation and torture<\/p>\n
He who yesterday used to laugh joyfully and sing with the wet breeze<\/p>\n
Gathering flowers every day and playing by the shore of the pond among the palm trees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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