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First Line: Its impossible ascent was steep
Last Line: The ghost of chaos haunts the ruined sky.
Subject(s): Chaos; Climbing


ITS impossible ascent was steep,
As are the million pillars of a shower
Torn, shivered, and dashed hard against the earth,
When Day no longer breathes, but through the hours
The ghost of chaos haunts the ruined sky.





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