Let us go now, you and I
My soul, t'ward Sesach's bronzen gate
I shall stand upon the river bank
And shout toward the silent bronze:
'I am indeed Lazarus
Come back from the death
From the bowels of the earth.
This is my soul, snatched back from the sky
Together we have seen it all
One lip to Hell, and one to the stars
I shall tell you all
Though I am a man, bandaged and blind.'
'I have seen the carving on the wall
For I am also Daniel the Wise
Come here to proclaim you all
The riddled script, the numbered days
Strange dreams of statues and stones
And trees and beasts that came
Out of water now dried up.'
'For three days I have tasted
No water, as I lay into the grave
I am a man, bandaged and blind
But water there was none.'
'I remember
The Babylonian court
There was food in due season
and many a changing dish
For I have tasted all.'
'For three days I have seen
That sun and moon stood still in the sky
Death is nothing more than
A standing still of the sky.'
'I remember
The vast library of Babel
The Chaldean priests in white robes
Searching through the books
Containing every combination
Of symbols - there I found
The book of seventy years
Wherein was written
The word that opens Sesach's gate.'
Again the gate of Sesach opens
And a man, bandaged and blind
Wades through the dried up river
Towards the Gate of God.
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Deus Mauzzim