Picking up the Pieces

The past is stale crust/
moldy bread/smoldering

The past is burnt ash/
ember city/deconstruction

The past is broken dreams/
silent screams/hallucination

The past is shattered glass/
cut skin/ambulance

The past is metal nails/
wooden cross/forsaken

The past is wretched throne/
black plague/nepotism

The past is world war/
settled score/annihilation

The past is Big Bang/
supernova/entropy

The past is rain cloud/
acid storm/mutation

The past is seven seas/
slave trade/incarceration

The past is sold out/
sealed shut/wasteland

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