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.