Tag: underworld
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Descriptions of Places Espied on Infernal Journeys in Hell
Vilest prince vomits upon the eyeless Orichalks upon the eyelids of Thomas Aquinas His stench arises as smoke from pyres, burning tyres Gyring liar spirits Tiring lyre songs, the pile that is sleeping Cerberus The shade that is oldwise Tiresias, black as the sails of Theseus Pain wheels greased with blood, on which the living…
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Orpheuselessness
Boatman haunts the opening Daunting Orphic mysterion Inducing supernatural slumber Inducted acolytes slip under Lethe waters, that river thunders Through Hell’s halls. Not the only one that runs there Blundering alongside its forgetful brother A water of memory, mind’s spring water Time’s sweet mother a patchwork smothering device The dead line its sides, life yet…
Alchemisland 