Lunacy is a phase measured by celestial recession,
\nBoldly illuminating the beast within,
\nIts hands itching with malevolent intent.
\nBut I must not give time for the hunger to grow
\nOr spare a moment listening to the story of my teeth.<\/p>\n
And yet senses are growing keen,
\nand muscles are yearning to run.
\nThe roiling fire in my blood
\nsings a primal howl in my heart.<\/p>\n
Then the withered hand moves to grip the hypertrophic wrist
\nRepress, repress the beast within!
\nBut without duty, useless, and a needless part of today\u2019s modern dissent,
\nmy purpose returns to the animal nature of my origin.<\/p>\n
To hunt, to kill, to roam unencumbered,
\nto let awaken the monster from conditioned slumber.
\nIt is the awakened animal, mad with instinct
\nthat cannot be shamed by the expectations of society.<\/p>\n
There is no spell they can cast, no rhetoric they can speak,
\nthat will settle the parts of my heart that cannot be tamed.
\nMonster versus machine, I reject the locked cage that was taught to me.
\nAnd herald the moonlight, which serves as the key.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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