The Central Fires of Secret Memory

The central fires of secret memory
The privilege of inner life self-fashioned
The small white tapeworm of the soul
The small white tapeworm of the soul
The desolate gift of liberty
No marble cenotaphs
We choose the vast

We choose the vast of dereliction
Frail as summer flowers
Yellow wasted leaves
The central fires of secret memory
The central fires of secret memory
The privilege of inner life self-fashioned
The small white tapeworm of the soul
The small white tapeworm of the soul

The desolate gift
The desolate gift of liberty
No marble cenotaphs

We choose the vast
The vast of dereliction
Frail as summer flowers

Yellow wasted leaves
The central fires of secret memory
The privilege of inner life self-fashioned

The small white tapeworm of the soul
The small white tapeworm of the soul

The desolate gift of liberty
No marble cenotaphs
We choose the vast of dereliction
Frail as summer flowers
Yellow wasted leaves