A Poem about Prince titled "Alas"

A Poem about Prince titled "Alas"
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This is a poem I just wrote about Prince, and it is titled "Alas."

Alas

Alas
The Royal Blood be fallen Muse-Geist,
American Tiber miracles no more;
Wretchdom reigns across New World imparadised,
As whispers ponder life's doomful shore.
Truth-Spirit peacocked roared impish Africanity delight,
Enflowering with bewitchment of troubadour's
Mighty Stonehenge might:
Yet, our Negro Spiritual poetises one last Alchemy spell,
Rapturing in present ectasy as if so Heaven dwell,
Tho prayer-dreaming for the World of Light that
Ends our Worldly Hell.

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