The Lotus Demon: Born from the Horns

Born from the horns Of a wingless archangel With the pulse Of perpetual night— Immortalities' jagged creatures Was the Lotus Demons of Mercury?

[Or so I was told by an old seer From Quito, Ecuador, who lived in A volcano just outside the city.]

The Lotus Demon: Mercury's Demise

Mercury! Such an awful sight Planet of darkness with no eyes Where a great Asteroid had hit: The sun no longer gave you light….

A hellish moment: was your demise, Candles blown out, like blinking eyes Dust resides in your volcanic skies Who is left? Mercury's Demise.

The Lotus Demon of Mercury [A Misbegotten Species]

(This is the tale of the Minds of Saturn, Demonic beings, known as Ancient Legendaries; and the Lotus Demon of Mercury.)

[Note: the Minds—a mere remnant of a low degraded horde of demonic-angelic beings—aborigines, one might say—whom comb the utter darkness of outer space for brute-hood, and thus, found Mercury's inhabitants by chance, residing within an ancient giant crater, another race of demons, lotus demons. Thus, here is the story of a vanishing race that takes place: of which Zoov 'al the leader, led seven and twenty ((Saturnites)) of his followers into the escalade.]

The Poetic Tale

[Mercurynites]

Faded, dried and burnt bear-rat meat, Light-white, flowery solar wine— Volcanic walls all around them, Hollow lava caves: occupied ….

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[Saturnites]

Rodent-pelts over their shoulders (Deemed by most, most dangerous of all These: Demonic invaders from Saturn— Well armed and accoutered with:

Ropes and chains, knifes and swords, Hooks and nails, crossbows and boards—; All warriors wore human fleece; All warriors had studded-saber teeth.

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All the warriors stood stone-still, silent On the great volcanic rim of Mercury— Black lava, eon's of cold and dark The zenith: cloudless and frozen.

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And then the sun rose high overhead The ancient legendaries swore Countless blasphemies to the Godhead: "Above—below—God is no more!”

Unnecessary: they hurled blocks— Blocks of disdain inside their chest

(Arousing a battle cry—at best; for where there is no God, there is only evil; where there is no light, only da

Like the flaming furnace in the sky— The demons waited—waited, with raging eyes.

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This day, within the crater's deep No hungry voices heard from below— Hence—the invaders crept with tapered feet Upon the sleeping—wine -filled—souls Of Mercury….

Lo!—caves that once were home became Graves—alas!—by these demonic-beings Killing the Lotus Demon, as up they crept, Crept up, over, onto, unto the sleeping prey Of Mercury—this, this was their very day.

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The Feast of Saturn's Henchman

The vile eating habits of the demon, Thus commenced: Compulsively draining marrow; Drinking liquefied bones: with Pale-dry teeth, flushed-lungs; Ripping flesh and eyes, ribs and thighs.

(Atrocious creatures, were these demonic beings from Saturn, of a primal time.)

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[Then]

Black altars were placed upon the sand: Came, demonic prayers with clasped hands Unto the Henchman—of hell—Agaliarept, And to the Ten-Winged Serpent—they bowed.

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[Zoov 'al's epitaph]

Zoov bellowed with grasping lizard hands (Heartily) after throwing rocks on skulls— Clattering loudly his feet, he screamed: "I am the god of Mercury now, the god of all, I destroyed the Lotus Demon!”

The rim of the volcano trembled (Mysteriously, unrepentant) From its stomach came smoke and stone, Lava gases and boulders—building their tomb.

Then, then a queer-colored blaze multiplied Dropped into the veins, the muddy veins— Into volcanic pits of the dead planet; thus, Sealing all that lived—lived within, within… Within the solid face of the volcano— Sealing their fate, with a lid—.

Note: There were four parts to this poem originally, now combined; completed in March and April of 2004, and the last part finished 1/10/05. And all combined on 1/18/05.