Shod, metallic footprint from the iron and the dust,
Imprimatur on landscape, on foreheads, blood-red rust,
Quivered for the arrows, seismic built for force,
Herald futures present, angelic voices hoarse.
Toppled from the bottom on legs too rarely straight,
Missing link presented, evolution’s backward gait,
Galloped on the sea foam, emerged from lowly heights,
Troglodytic vision, protusions limit sight,
Backwards, forwards facing, side by side, redact
Evidential actions, exclusive pacts retract
Fortunes for the future, markets’ falling stock,
Tempus fugit ages, seizure bell to clock.
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