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.