Once upon a midnight bright
A ray of thought cut through the night
A scribe by trade, a Known by soul
The pen flew forth the ink bled black
The parchment felt the monk's attack
Upon it's flesh there would be hence
A tome of holy recompense
The monk, another page completed
Drew back in, his self he greeted
Knowing he'd no way to shirk
Behind his eyes, his blood was churned
Sanctifying work he'd earned
But in the expanse he'd created
Over the desk a shadow drew
With dark desire, avarice
Other things that weren't nice
A doodle idly leapt to life
A pyramid, with eye and strife
It floated up into his vision
Eyed him with a great derision
'CHILD THAT SLEEPS, I BID AWAKE
WITH LUSCIOUS GLOWING SOUL TO TAKE
ATTEND ME NOW IGNOBLE FOOL
THAT I SHOULD NOT NEED BE CRUEL'
The man's attention thus grew taut
Obscuring ignoble thought
And yet, a fast one did slip through
'Alas, I've naught better to do'
'THEN FOLLOW ME', the daemon spake
They translocated to a lake
Of burning fire, gnashing, wailing
On it there were figures sailing
To and fro on boats obsidian
Prowling about their dominion
Poking, prodding souls for fun
It seemed they never would be done
'LOOK UPON YOUR FINAL FATE
ONCE YOU PASS THROUGH FINAL GATE
FROLICKING IN WORLDS OF MEN
YOU'VE BEEN DECEIVED BY HEATHENRY
REPENT AND WAIL YOU REPROBATE
GIVE IN TO YOUR PRIMAL HATE'
The talking pyramid reclined
Inside the world that it designed
Self satisfied that it had won
Another souls descent begun
The monk whose gaze had not recoild
From the flesh that burned and boiled
Turned to his triangle friend
And said 'Good try, but here's the end'
He turned back in and turned back out
Travelling through quantum grout
Til through his eyes he saw his world
Knowing that his mind was furled
The sage sat back, sucked on his quill
Drew a circle, crosshatched fill
Satisfied, he wrote a line
"Stare at me for a good time"