Friday 25 November 2011

#54: More Evil Than You Could Possibly Conceive Of

For Paddy

And there it lay
pulsing with malevolent intent
like a dog poo under the floorboards.

The gang gathered round.
This was what they had fought to find,
this was the locus of all the world's misery -
the Primal Darkness,
the Abyssal Defilement.

'Destroy it!' Beadle cried.
'This may be our only chance.'
The hero Edmonds hefted his trusty broadaxe,
but then, he wavered.
'But what will become of the world?' he queried.
'Can man exist without evil? Is evil not part of our nature?
What if, by destroying this, I destroy all mankind?'

'Then it is a price worth paying!' yelled Beadle,
unsheathing his dagger, 'and if you lack the courage
to land the final blow,
I shall vanquish both of you!'

Thus, the two allies fell upon one another,
the Primal Darkness belching its corruption
as noble blood painted the stones.

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