an age of dark fire
the air consumed
greedily

miserly and gluttonously

beneficence
not given fuel
to grow and meld

virtue perverted
infected with twisted intent

roots and connection
deemed dangerous

infectious

the dim dwarf
reigns over a realm
of mediocrity and greed

petty judgements
pathogenic manipulation

photons and fusion
shut out in the shade
pronounced witchcraft and conspiracy
by bent-minded overlords

light viewed
with suspicion

expansion only for
the already full

growth of the whole
stomped upon
kept low

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