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Fear alights ten billion bilious
Fear intensifies in ten billion nauseating ways, moving ominously toward a significant destination or state of affairs.
Slouching toward Bethlehem
Large groups of people suffer and evil multiplies, heading towards a place or condition symbolized by Bethlehem.
Hordes burn and horror breeds boredom
Masses burn in agony, and terror gives birth to a sense of monotony or lack of interest due to constant exposure to horror.
For fortune favors a slave
Success smiles upon those who are subservient or obedient.
No god, no grace, no providence
There is an absence of a deity, divine favor, or the guidance of a higher power.
Neglect brings plagues of fire
Ignoring or disregarding important matters results in severe consequences likened to plagues of fire.
Frail and failure forges pale disgrace
Weakness and repeated failure lead to a shameful and pallid state of dishonor.
Fortressed lathe of forbidden wisdom
A protected place where forbidden knowledge is cultivated and shaped.
Carcass scalded, crushed carapace
A dead body burnt and crushed, its outer shell fragmented.
Boil the bones
Symbolic instruction to boil down the essence or core of something.
And steal the stones of sanctimony
To rob the hypocritical sanctity or moral superiority by taking away what's considered sacred.
Salt the wound
To worsen a painful situation and destroy the memorial of it as proof or evidence.
And crush the tomb as testimony
To obliterate the grave as a statement of defiance or disbelief.
No god, no grace, no providence
Reiteration of the absence of a god, divine favor, or providential care.
Kohoutek ecstasy, blind blade bleed
A celestial event characterized by intense pleasure or euphoria but causing blindness as a sharp weapon bleeds.
Sacrificial lamb intransigent
A person or entity offered as a sacrifice stubbornly refuses to compromise or yield.
Ablaze in wisdom, ash of wilderness
A state of being consumed in wisdom, reduced to ashes within a wild, untamed environment.
For the furnace does not forget
A symbolic representation that significant events or suffering are not forgotten or erased.
Parasitic venal sludge
An exploitative, corrupt, and morally bankrupt substance that feeds on its host.
Broken, scoliosis
A condition of being fractured and distorted, akin to a medical condition affecting the spine.
Paroxysmal holy host
An intense, sudden outburst from a revered or sacred entity.
Spinal column cruciform
A spine-shaped structure symbolizing suffering or sacrifice.
Thorns like spirals clash and crawl ecclesiastic
A description of thorny elements resembling spirals that clash and move like religious or church-related objects or symbols.
Where horizons cease
A place or state where boundaries or limits end or disappear.
Where grace is dead
A location or condition where divine favor or blessings have ceased to exist.
Where nothing lives
A place of utter desolation or absence of life.
So be it
An affirmation or acceptance of the preceding conditions.
Amen
A word used to conclude a prayer or affirmation, often meaning "so be it."
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