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As Heaven’s Lord crumbled and rained down,
Supple Waves gathered his bruised remains
while Tan Dust clung to visceral bits —
Woe came for all of azure-green Earth.

Lady Dew entombed Bright Sun and child
in a sepulcher inside Old Sea.
Warm land became raw, enslaved by Clouds
and hemmed in by the thousand-eyed Fog.

As land denuded, raped by Lord Wind,
Vesper compromised Clear Day by might,
and shamed Day gave birth to Opaque Time
who terrorized Earth with her eerie tread.