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Burn the one who knows no death .
Pure, adored by those above.
No prayers within, just simple love.

And now the pining hunter.
The flames longing for his rebirth.
A distant flame within the earth.

Burn up that heavy body of his.
Make it wind, dancing in the sky.
That bottomless gut now a cloud, now a sigh.

The sweet blood on his laughing lips.
Now calls him to the gates of hell.
There burns evermore that soulless shell.

Four bodies return to ashes.
Thus the door is opened.
Thus the door is opened.

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0- The Kite:
The Kite hot, crazy and panting mad.
Sweet shackles that tease and excite.
Death itself would drive him wild.
Red blood that turns milky white.

1- The Sparrow:
Who killed Cock Robin?
"The Sparrow," they said.
"He wants them all dead.
To him honey-sweet is their sobbing.

2- The Owl:
The Owl who forgot the sky.
Resigned to his poor earthbound state.
Hungry of full didn't matter at all,
He ate and he ate and he ate.


3- The Thrush:
The grass the Thrush so loved to eat.
Gave him sweet happiness.
He sank ever deeper and finally fell.
To destruction and fatal distress.

4- The Robin:
Cock Robin, who hid the key away.
Is ash in the oven all right.
The place he held is empty now.
And the doors remain shut tight.

5- The Lark:
The Lark's child lost all his words.
And walled himself up all away.
Heart and mouth both locked up tight.
In a cage where no one want to stay.

6- The Dove:
The Dove's hope died, he chose his path.
His flapping wings fell still.
Drenched in scarlet there he lay.
His cheeks pale white and chill.

7- The Linnet:
He seeks out her soul by his own black ambition.
Frightening her out of her wits.
Whispering love songs in her ear.
What cruel Linnet wants, he gets.

8- The Rook:
The black Rook is the praying sort.
Who hears the gods in the skies.
His whispered petitions go on without end.
And glassy and dim are his eyes.

9- The Wren:
The Wren with pure heart as yet unrefined.
Makes us laugh unto his feeble lip-smacking.
But still we all know he shall never grow old.
And he knows not how much he is lacking.

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