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.