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the word comes down
the emperor has decreed
there shall be no more
prisoners of war
if it comes from the emperor
then it surely must be so
we go forth into battle
with our swords drawn
as we approach
the city of nanking
we sharpen our swords
and hone our skills
with the contest of one hundred
who will be first
to claim the prize with his sword?
scorched earth is their defense
if it stands, then it burns
we watch and we laugh
as the peasants flee like rats

the taking of the city
is an exercise in chaos
fire by land and air
death comes to visit
retreat is their answer
desperate fearful soldiers
hide in civilian clothing
the ones who try to flee
end up shot in the back
the ones who escape the city
flee to the river
only to find
no vessels waiting there
gripped by desperation
they leap into the water
and are carried to the shore
drowned like rats

six weeks of occupation
descends into madness
cruel blood sport becomes
the rule of the land
slaughter and perversion
rape and mutilation
murder, theft, and arson
and butchery with swords
burying peasants alive
just for fun and laughs
using women and children
for bayonet practice
rounding up the women
to service all the soldiers
a spiraling descent
into abomination
as the bodies mount
and death fills the air
desecration of the flesh
committed by two-legged rats

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from DEAD FLOWERS AND A HANDFUL OF PLAGUE, released September 28, 2013

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Korperschwache Austin, Texas

Korperschwache was formed in Austin, TX in 1995 and has since released piles of albums on labels such as Crucial Blast, Public Guilt, Inam Records, Cut Hands, Faunasabbatha, Peasant Majik, and more.

Korperschwache is:

RKF -- guitar, vox, efx, paranoid delusions
Doktor Omega -- beats, time, space, dominatrix vibes
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