The Flower of All Flesh
Man, the flower of all flesh, the noblest of all creatures visible, man who had once made god in his image, and had mirrored his strength on the constellations, beautiful naked man was dying, strangled in the garments that he had woven.
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Context: The narrator's lament for what humanity has done to itself.
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Source: Part III, "The Homeless"