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Phoebe Troll

life cycle

the old language

forgotten

except for a few

who claim they study

ancient languages

the old language

once the language of an empire

now dead and forgotten

in its grave

and the old ones grieve

for their missing language

cursing the new generation

and the new language

that obliterated their old one

the old language

a shadow of its structure

found within the new one

there would be no new language

without the old one

as a foundation

and the old ones grieve for nothing

languages will come and go

a cycle

even the forgotten one

will leave its mark

the new language

still a language of an empire

someday the new generation

will be the old ones

cursing the next new language

missing their old language

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2012 EDITION]