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.