something lies glowing          
          on the ocean floor...           
                                      
                        
                        
                                  
                                          
 on  the ocean  floor,  a  dangerous  and 
 caustic  and  sweet  sweet   thing,   it 
 glows, it lures you closer.  a creature! 
                                          
 it's almost  otter-like, but  like lava, 
 a  liquid  shaped like a  living  thing, 
 and when it  raises  an arm, its fingers 
 are dripping with  fire.  with its song, 
         it lures you closer yet.         
                                          
 it's in a state of  bliss! it's a flame, 
 lit by  the sun! and this pleasure is to 
      be shared, shared with others.      
                                          
 and  the  creatures  of  the  sea  creep 
 closer, hypnotized and  curious, and the 
 sludge extends a hand, and they take it, 
                                          
 writhing  with  joy,  accepts them  all. 
 they step inside, taking  the shape of a 
 squirming otter, now  a stretching  cat, 
  now almost humanoid. although suddenly  
 it all  liquifies completely, now just a 
 burning  puddle, lit not by the sun, but 
 by some  internal fuel  hostile to life.