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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8vJ_lMxQI&t=314s&ab_channel=madhammu

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Towering black stone

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Integrated into arch, and spire, 

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And the fierce foreboding -

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The presage, and the preeminence

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Of the dire supremacy of man.

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Standing, as a flag impaled -

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Implanted, into the mountain's peak -

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As an obstruct war-horn 

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Crying thunder 

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And bellowing such blasphemies

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As the king has cause to wreak.

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And from its spine, chequered  

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Into each deep corner

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And upon all a wide precipice -

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From the gaping maw

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And twist of tongue,

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Postured, the winged war-host

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Of curling leather 

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And the mutt-mange of pelage,

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Of rotted feather and toiling tail,

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Of scale, and talon and tooth -

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Shrieking the fiend, braying the ghoul:

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Mankind, the king, prevails.

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And in the shallows,

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Amongst the pitts - 

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Lining the moat, 

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Tight clung to the rail - 

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Crawl the knotted corpses

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Calling each their death throes;

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Weeping torment - wraith and specter

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Beneath powder, blast, and ball,

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Beneath chain, and nail and steel,

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Rasping to the bastions 

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And wailing under curtain's call -

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For mankind, the king, prevails. 

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Author's Note

Studying the Gothic for an upcoming paper,

Thought I'd fuck around a bit.

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

Glad I didn't take Gothic
Your writing is too deep for me but what I see here is, Gigantic Man, the all mighty being,
standing, spear in hand, spread legged, at the uppermost peak of Mt. Benson, surveying his inconsequential underlings, humbled below!!
Or possibly you were describing Trump?

[Ookpik]

I couldn't help but chuckle a little, but no, it is describing a castle. Although Benson has a nice view and you are otherwise very close to the mark.

Thanks for reading Dave,

- Ook