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time spent under the gallows is time spent rather wisely; a moment of dead silence chills us quite pleasantly. the ropes that swing in tune have bodies stitched in. there lies a secret scar in every single neck broken.
a whole crowd of angry fists, angst and the stench of rage, a new set of martyrs and new names in a bloody page. when every traitor has died then this book shall be filled. this mob’s prayer will be denied unless the guilty are killed.
years of utter hatred and chains that
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Phoenix MaidenPhoenix Maiden
I Maiden of the Hot flames Not searing Caressing and creation A life inside that waits – Bursting from the flames Turning the conflagration to Gentler warmth
II Nourishing light that Fills the day Growing others and Itself Tongues rise and Threaten to slowly consume Maturing into
III Maiden of the Hot flames Not searing Caressing and creating
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StringsWalk down the bare walled florescent corridors, Endless halls with endless doors.Strings
Floor shines of shoe scuffed lineloeum. A piano mutters in the distance of the coming Fear.
The Fear comes, (smell it approaching) As the florescents begins to flicker.
The mad pianist flings fingers wildly Across the keyboard, hoping to
Ward off the demon through
Sheer intensity of emotion.
The lights go out with a
Shower of sparks and
Broken glass tubes.
Slowly, dreadfully, fingers Tap the keys to the Strings.
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- Current Residence: in a prison known as earth
- Interests: poetry and Edgar Allen Poe
- Favourite poet or writer: Edgar Allen Poe
- Personal Quote: "All that you see or seem, is but a dream within a dream." - Edgar Allen Poe
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conquest for world conquest.
Nearly 150 people had gathered outside the cemetery of Westminster Presbyterian Church, but the man known as the "Poe toaster" was, as usual, able to avoid being spotted by the crowd, said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum.
The tribute takes place every Jan. 19 — the anniversary of Poe's birth.
The visitor did not leave a note, Jerome said, electing not to respond to questions raised in the past year about the history and authenticity of the tribute.
Sam Porpora, a former church historian who led the fight to preserve the cemetery, claimed last summer that he cooked up the idea of the Poe toaster in the 1970s as a publicity stunt.
"We did it, myself and my tour guides," Porpora, a former advertising executive, said in August. "It was a promotional idea."
Porpora said someone else has since "become" the Poe toaster.
Jerome disputes Porpora's claims and says the tribute began in 1949 at the latest, pointing to a 1950 article in The (Baltimore) Evening Sun that mentions "an anonymous citizen who creeps in annually to place an empty bottle (of excellent label)" against the gravestone.
Jerome invites a handful of Poe enthusiasts to join him inside the church every year but withholds details of the tribute in an effort to help the toaster maintain his anonymity. He said the visitor no longer wears the wide-brimmed hat and scarf he donned in the past.
In 1993, the visitor left a note reading, "The torch will be passed." A later note said the man, who apparently died in 1998, had handed the tradition on to his two sons.
This year's visitor was the same man who has come to the grave site many times in the past, Jerome said.
"We recognize him from his build, the way he walks," he said. "It would be very easy for us, visually, to see if this were a different person."
Poe, who wrote poems and horror stories including "The Raven" and "The Telltale Heart," died Oct. 7, 1849, in Baltimore at the age of 40 after collapsing in a tavern. Next year will be the 200th anniversary of his birth.
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