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HISTORY     1994
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circa 6000 BCE
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Damp and dark, the forest lay
Chaste and native since the day
That Annu swept a father's hand
And made the heavens span the land
In the dark of brush and scrub
The nested chick, the wolven cub
The creatures live and breathe and die
As Annu destined in the sky
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circa 2000 BCE
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Through a winding forest trail
Comes the deathly screaming wail
Of creatures dying under spear
Of man the hunter drawing near
Slash and burning, forests mowed
Stones and earthworks, corn-seed sowed
Tribesmen battle for the ground
Death and violence all around
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circa 0 CE
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Toga-clad, the soldiers stride
Humble peasants wounded pride
Legions span the land with walls
Northern tribesmen, stop their calls
On their own Gods to aid their schemes
Still they grasp their ancient dreams
Of idyll kingdoms, warrior feasts
Of taming men and killing beasts
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circa 2000 CE
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Monstrous towers grasp the sky
Where once the clouds just drifted by
Metal, water, wood and air
All defiled and wasted there
People mindless, lacking feeling
Not a care of planet healing
Violent children rule the street
Where once the gentle folk did meet
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circa 6000 CE
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In the quiet forest glade
Annu in his glory made
As once it was with creatures bright
And darkness in the sky at night
Creatures live and creatures die
Eagles nest on mountain high
Man has gone and left behind
Nothing of his wastrel kind.
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(c) 1994 James McGowan  - all rights reserved
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