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Persephone
05:23
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Out in the narcissus,
the bounteous knoll
cracked and quaked
to swallow you whole:
blackened by Hell’s
unmerciful flames,
a ghostly specter
in chariots’ wake.
Crowned with your scepter
and pomegranate seed,
you reign over death
and our destinies.
Upright and just,
you give what we ask;
all you request is
we never look back.
Until your return,
the Earth shall remain
barren and still;
all life shall abstain
in mourning the loss
of a beautiful child
to incest profane
and virtue defiled.
Persephone, Persephone,
take the blame from me.
Persephone, Persephone,
spare the child in me.
Persephone, Persephone,
with your torch, guide me.
Persephone, Persephone,
at the end, take me.
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God of Capricorn, return
to me in virtue, and with your scythe,
prune away the imprecise
‘til all that’s left of me is
balanced and present.
God Aquarian, promote
in me cohesion. Conform my self
in its strength and resolution,
and forge my path ahead in light.
Unfold my tongue to speak
in a language universal:
to be heard and understood;
to be seen and to be known.
God of Capricorn, exalted in Libra,
hear my prayer. Look upon my life
in compassion and generosity.
Bestow upon me the endurance
and authority of age.
Grant me patience; grant me weight.
Grant acceptance of my fate.
But be fair to me, for I may drift a while
in the blistering entropy
of the heat death of the Universe.
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Carlo dell'Aquila Kansas City, Missouri
Uniting once again, Dylan C. Beck and Danilo Uomo are Carlo dell'Aquila.
Conceived
originally as a spiritual successor to late-era Talk Talk, Carlo dell'Aquila combines the haunting lyricism of Sufjan Stevens with the swirling dream pop of the Antlers and cosmic mysticism of the Microphones; the result is a sound that demands to be heard.
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