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they were so much more themselves than the others who were not so fake

they dripped of intelligent intellect and brandy and something of an ape

they whipped themselves as punishment in front of their gods to proove

they could persist in their lives as their forefathers and mothers groove

they pounded out hymns with hammers of djinns and shouted out in tongues

they grinded and stripped the earth of it's life as they stole the planets air with their lungs

they whisper stories to the children of how it used to be when the earth was green

they farmed and drank water from clear cups with the sunshine on the wall sparkling clean 

they are so far away now as the colony spread out from the blue marble halls

they pray to someday return to the natural church and be surrounded by her walls

they wait for the day for the soul to arrive and take them to where they've never been

they will follow and follow and go until she stops and decides to build where she's seen

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