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