time to die
the defeated replicant said
clutching a pure white dove
to his slowly sinking chest

and with that last gasp
our nemesis gave all
his final release

bringing home the hope
the eternal life seen
in freedom’s crest

alas
the dualist’s paradox
the reductive kerfuffle
brutality’s shuffle

became unstuck
and in time
shoved up its own
self-loathing ass

this too shall pass
but by what means
if time so precious

does flow in streams
through populations
heteroecious

Peace/Love

m(~_~)m