ritual sacrifice

sacrificial slaughter,

death wails spew forth,

the smoke wafts

from the torch bearers,

howling in murderous ecstasy,

the frenzied rhythm

of the drummers,

beating with wooden clubs

on the hollowed out trunks

of the kikelia tree,

make their victims

cower in fear,

praying for a savior,

but nothing can surpass,

the palpable lure,

of the tentacles,

of the spell.