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.