There is a place in Hell

From Dante

"Vita bestial mi piacque e non umana,
 sì come a mul ch'i'fui; son Vanni Fucci
 bestia, e Pistoia mi fu degna tana.”

Dante, Inferno XXIV 124-126

There is a place in Hell,

And Malebulge is its name,

Past from America to CCCP to China

And beyond.

Behold the mightiest weapon.

And then the marching band played

“God save the Queen”

The secret of lighting fire from

Compression.

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Behold the beast,

With a pointed spear,

On pointed hooves,

With a pointed laugh,

Da Nyet Da Nyet.

Dan Yet Dan

With an evil laugh.

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The Feet of the Dead,

grow hot to touch,

Because of the love,

That color of Paradise subsumes

I eat the brain

of Rugoverhead,

While pretending we could

Duck and Cover.

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The place where we came

For dissent of the banks,

Was the growling mortgage

Fallen from mighty grace.

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Pape Satan, Pape Satan,

Your face is soggy

From the high tower

Made in white,

a castle in the past.

With the death’s head

With a thief commanding hard margins

And then silence.

Like a mass

grave.