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Until they find a cure

for avarice and greed

the just will stand alone

 

Until they combine

the system as caste 

vicissitude sits on the throne

 

Until they end

starvation and blight

world hunger forever abides

 

Until their love

is retendered anew

— Ascension forever denied

 

(First Book Of Prayers: January, 2026)

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Kurt Philip Behm

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Abstract philosophical meditation on systemic human failures and spiritual ascension.

SparseMeasureDense

Dense ideas: avarice, caste, starvation, love—multiple concepts compressed across lines.

DarkSentimentBright

Strongly negative: despair, isolation, hunger, denial pervade the entire piece.

StillEnergyExplosive

Repetitive 'Until' creates building intensity despite meditative tone; moderate kinetic force.

MicroLengthEpic

Nine lines total; falls within 7-15 line range.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Personification (vicissitude on throne), metaphorical abstractions; some ornament but largely declarative.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric internal voice; no narrative or dramatic persona shifts present.

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