the desert

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This is not the Sahara

that you had hoped for,

the land of the Desert Fathers

where demons find their desires

indulged by the sorts

who prefer not to participate

in the divergences of the city.

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This is not the desert

that you had dreamed

of where once the evils

that the sand kicked up

in a dust storm

were lost in the orange

night amidst the purple flecks.

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This is the arid land of deceptions where

your own desires are forced

upon the steel of destruction,

and you are called

upon to annihilate creation.