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Tension wracked the killer

Denial became acceptance

Her blood-flow now a river

And grinning marked foul remembrance.

Images flash, reality blurred

Perceived through a cracked lens

Broken was the consciousness slurred

Compelling him only to cleanse.

Solo: Jerry

Rushing wind, shining moon

Looming trees and splattered blood

Winter chill, smothering gloom

Flash of steel then carnal flood.

Thundering hooves filled the air

Furious exit now enabled

Churning soil said beware

Of my crime most unfabled.

Ivory mask split in twine

Crimson pool my twisted prize

Its metal taste rich as wine

To spite the dead whom I despise.

Memories of the slaughter orgiastic

Stabbing, laughing, slashing, crying

Fueling my reaction ecstatic

Urging me to finish off the dying.

Continued was my desperate flight

Muscled steed now made weary

Yet still through the night we surged

As the darkness grew most eerie.

And from afar there came flickers

Dancing flame embracing shadow

In the dark were hooded figures

Bearing torches and icons unknown.

Their leader spoke as we stopped

Describing my deed most unholy

And although I had been shocked

His fate too was to rest coldly.

Throughout the killing I smiled

Singing sword their glittering death

Blood flowed in the wild

As the fools took their last breath.

On the corpse of their leader

Was a tome bound in flesh

Depicted inside were beasts of the ether

And black tales of how they were enmeshed.

Lead: Jerry

Harmony: Ray and Jerry

Solo: Ray

With the foul volume at my side

I left the scarlet painted grove

With darkness as my guide.

The book began to flicker

Setting my blade alight

And amidst the forest’s snicker

Shyly began to whisper.