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Created on: September 01, 2008
The coldest steel
Flashes in the light
As it sends its victims
Into eternal night
The coldest blood
Flows through the veins
Of those whose work
Breeds others' pains
The power of death
Held in one hand
Life hangs in limbo
Waiting for your command
One flick of the finger
A synapse speaks
And from the barrel
A bullet leaps
So now you play God
Six rounds at a time
You've unleashed the chaos
The flame's left you blind
Now that the evil
Into this world has been born
The peace that it shattered
Cannot be restored
Claiming to act
In the interest of justice
You've only proven
How mighty blood lust is
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