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DEATH AND THE MAIDEN By Egon Schiele

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Time and radiation will not erase
My name from thee
Our love came before this cancer called the
Atomic Age.
Man's radiation will not diminish us nor his
Geiger counter trace us
We are the great bright stones silent and
Alive
We shine in the stars
So look at us
Wish upon us
We will answer
Resplendent gods from the original nova fire!
Time and radiation will not erase
My name from thee
Our love will grow and grow
Before and after atomic war.