(Recipient)Teeth clenched in the sour Glut of copper Extinguished where Light dare not tread Clutched is the fading Delusions of safety That I might wake to Find the glare of livid day Again he awaits The ravening veneer Of wrinkled white The cowl of Pompeii soot The rancour of black death Yersinia Pestis Bubonic entrance Of my nightly scourge He bows with gristle creak A grin beneath his beak Undulation of Bone and skin Seeping digits delve within Seeking the marrow of felicity Medieval curlicue Serifs black inflection Danse macabre Palaeography A mockery of script The rigour garb of Acheron, leaden Sleep anoints him (Sentinel) shall we begin? (Recipient) the malignancy Bows and gestures on His sanctum shrouds I have no choice No argument For the dark entices Alluring truths Seeping digits dwell within Seeking the marrow of felicity (Sentinel) follow me