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.