THE BLACK GRIMOIRE (my annual Halloween repost)

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MARK V SHELDON
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since 2001-06-21

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0 posted 2003-10-29 01:46 PM

THE BLACK GRIMOIRE

Copyright 1991 by:MARK V SHELDON

Through hallways dark
And ceilings tall
Behind the stones
That make the wall

Inside the crypt
Below the stairs
Within a room
Where no one dares

Before a shelf
With knowledge old
Upon a stand
Of iron cold

There lies a tome
With lock ajar
A book of spells:
THE BLACK GRIMOIRE.

This manuscript
Of ancient lores
Contains within
Forbidden doors

Infernal cries
Like none have heard
Lie just beyond
A single word

And spirits wait
To be unbound
And claim as theirs
The mortals found

Transforming souls
To hellish tar
Forever damned:
THE BLACK GRIMOIRE.

Dust suspended
In the air
The smell of mold
Everywhere

Candles flicker
Casting light
On the parchment's
Evil site

Symbols drawn
In human blood
Giving praise
To things of mud

Foreign script
In unknown toungue
Possessing life
Into dung

Sounds that make
The fearless scared
Vile smells
That none have bared

Conjurations
That defy
Nature's laws
With darkened sky

Brought about
Through sorcery
Midnight pact
Not meant to be

Invoking demons
From afar
To channel through:
THE BLACK GRIMOIRE.

Inspired by
A muse from Hell
Calling forth
An evil swell

Entities
From lowest planes
Waiting to
Usurp the reigns

Creatures not
To be described
All those whom
The Dark One bribed

Legions in
The bowels of sin
Hoping to
Break through and win

Fiendish powers
Permeate
Incantations
Deviate

Stygian
In every way
This Book of Dead
Kept from the day

Always sought
But never found
This blasphemy
Of sacred ground

So long it lies
With lock ajar
Man's fate is in:
THE BLACK GRIMOIRE...

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the_loner_23
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since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1 posted 2003-10-29 02:06 PM

This is hauntingly wonderful. Muhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

Cold hands means a warm heart

froggy
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since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

2 posted 2003-10-29 03:25 PM

I agree with the_loner_23

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

3 posted 2003-10-29 03:28 PM

as always Mark excellent

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

4 posted 2003-10-29 04:58 PM

Ooooh! Scary! It reminded me of the Necrocomnicon and the Book of the Dead, and all that stuff.

Great for the season.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

5 posted 2003-10-29 06:56 PM

Absolutely love it, Mark! I hadn't seen it before. It has a H.P. Lovecraft flavor to it, like the tales of Ulchuthu...and excellent piece of writing

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

6 posted 2003-10-29 07:23 PM

Thank you Mark--I do remember this one!

I'm loving all the spookies being reposted too. Enjoyed this much the first time, even better the second.

MARK V SHELDON
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since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

7 posted 2003-10-30 01:05 AM

the_loner_23: Thank you -- glad you got "in the spirit"!

froggy: ditto!

Thank you, Raph.

Pilgrimage -- Exactly! Now that's a word not found in the average vocabulary (Necronomican)!

Thank you, Michael! That's quite an honor coming from you, and your references are... "dead-on"! (he says in a Dr. Evil-kind-of-way...)

serenity blaze -- thank YOU for stopping by and enjoying it with me again!

-MVS

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