{"id":2954,"date":"2017-02-08T19:59:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T23:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=2954"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:07:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T15:07:02","slug":"noahs-lament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/index.php\/poetry\/noahs-lament\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah\u2019s Lament"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Noah\u2019s Lament<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">dogged defiance<br \/>\nagitates the scourge<br \/>\npurging betrayals<br \/>\nof days sold and ignored<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">sequestering stares<br \/>\nof passers by and kin<br \/>\noblivious to the stakes<br \/>\nof assaulting to win<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">behind the numbing walls<br \/>\nwhere innocence shrieks<br \/>\nthe consuming purge<br \/>\nfrom Divinity&#8217;s reach<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">sacked and traded<br \/>\nto propriety&#8217;s bent<br \/>\ntheir pilot\u2019s sight<br \/>\nhas long since spent<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">festering in agita<br \/>\nripened for din<br \/>\nwaves consuming<br \/>\nthe chorus of sin<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">washing away<br \/>\na somber ending<br \/>\nills rented and kept<br \/>\nfor carnivorous trending<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">turned asunder<br \/>\nall transparent<br \/>\nare we not the same?<br \/>\na dove apparent<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">rivals silenced<br \/>\nin coursing accord<br \/>\npooling the rue<br \/>\nthat we ignored<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">tumbled and torn<br \/>\nto render anew<br \/>\nvertigo skies<br \/>\norder in blue<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">standing hollowed<br \/>\nempty purview<br \/>\nI surrender fully<br \/>\nto hopes undue<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">vanquish my claim<br \/>\nthis sanctimonious shill<br \/>\nunburden my name<br \/>\nuntether my will<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2955\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/11855790_850564425059563_4211894298927848806_n-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/11855790_850564425059563_4211894298927848806_n-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/11855790_850564425059563_4211894298927848806_n-600x451.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/11855790_850564425059563_4211894298927848806_n-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/11855790_850564425059563_4211894298927848806_n-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/brianbaruch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/11855790_850564425059563_4211894298927848806_n.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a9 bb -<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noah\u2019s Lament dogged defiance agitates the scourge purging betrayals of days sold and ignored sequestering stares of passers by and kin oblivious to the stakes of assaulting to win behind the numbing walls where innocence shrieks the consuming purge from Divinity&#8217;s reach sacked and 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