| The Insect God |
"They removed the child to the ballroom, whose hangings
And mirrors were covered with a luminous slime;
They leapt through the air with buzzings and twangings
To work themselves up to a ritual crime.
They stunned her, and stripped off her garments, and lastly
They stuffed her inside a kind of a pod;
And then it was that Millicent Frastley
Was sacrificed to The Insect God."
from THE INSECT GOD by Edward Gorey
All follow Mr. Gorey's example and sacrifice what you hold most precious to me. Everything that decays and dies belongs to me. Your great weapons of war cannot harm me. I drink your poisons to make myself stronger. Your entire lives are spent feeding my growth for I am the Insect God.
| wesF |
"They removed the child to the ballroom, whose hangings
And mirrors were covered with a luminous slime;
They leapt through the air with buzzings and twangings
To work themselves up to a ritual crime.
They stunned her, and stripped off her garments, and lastly
They stuffed her inside a kind of a pod;
And then it was that Millicent Frastley
Was sacrificed to The Insect God."from THE INSECT GOD by Edward Gorey
All follow Mr. Gorey's example and sacrifice what you hold most precious to me. Everything that decays and dies belongs to me. Your great weapons of war cannot harm me. I drink your poisons to make myself stronger. Your entire lives are spent feeding my growth for I am the Insect God.
Where did I put that Can of Raid?