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Ancestry

I wish I could pass on the family name
That unearthly being that can't be explained
But transferred from one pair of hands into the next
A sleeping creature that should not be vexed
But treated with caution and burning respect
With restrained and censored dialect
For should one drop of impurity fall upon it
Its temper would spring up and none would control it
And the heirlooms would be torn to pieces
And Insanity would break from all iron leashes
The string of genetics would be unwound
And flung into vastness until once again found

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