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Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 by admin

The Dark Age

When Viracocha came again
Into the coloured lands
We placed the golden future
Into his open hands
But with him darkness came –
So many bitter years –
The Sun God hid his face
And blessed our world with tears

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