Amusing is the life of a demon
Bountiful souls await dark corruption
Chaos and conflict need cultivation
Distracting mortals from fair redemption
Entropy is the end all things await
From the moment of creation, decay
Gradual or swift, has remained the norm
However, evil can accelerate
Its steady erosion of all things good
Just consider the onrush of Samhain
Know that your celebration of this night
Lights hellish hearts ablaze with feral joy!
My own, specific bailiwick is words
Not language alone, but strong rhetoric
Over mortal minds, it throws a dark net
Powerful persuasion aids defilement
Questing after souls is my business
Retail putrefaction can be grueling
Souls are surprisingly resistant to sin
Telling clever, seductive lies can help
Under Halloween conditions, things change:
Virtuous souls pretend to be wicked
Which makes making them so in truth easy
Xebecs, crewed by devils, wait to sail them
Yearning for rescue, into our hot home
Zesty is a soul glutted with candy!
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Comments (4)
This flowed so well! Agree with Hannah, there’s humor but it’s also a bit ominous. You introduced me to a new word too, “xebec”
Great poem. Funny, and a little bit threatening.
Oooo, I learned a new word from you today, bailiwick! Loved your poem!
Wow this was really a great one! I like how you bring it all together. These aren't really easy to do I know that because I've done 1 in my entire life. (under my profile, called the A -Z of you and me). Anyway this was fantastic! Seriously great job!