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.