The Creature sat
upon an immense onyx throne
craving, waiting, lusting
its stubby fingers clutching
at the arm rests
The hour had come
the meal arrived
despite my protests
the Creature
after countless eons
was finally served its long-awaited repast
Guzzling,
Drooling, slurping
the Creature devoured the contents
of the crystal bowl
and shudders broke into stinging beads
of cold sweat upon
my neck
Content and crazed
the Creature belched and stared at us all
doomed souls
prey to our naiveness
victims of our best intentions
the sky shattered like glass
rainbow shards falling
into springing fountains of blood that spewed
forth from the earth
cackling madly
the Creature knew the End had arrived
the long-forgotten prophecy was now at its head
and mortals shrieked and ran
as the onslaught began
and as I sank
beneath the frothy scarlet ichor
that rolled over the streets like ocean waves
I only had a moment
to curse the day
we gave that damn rabbit
his bowl of Trix.
©1996, Brian Bull