Aristotle's Aquatic Adventures

Aristotle's Aquatic AdventuresImagine Floorboards creak under the weight of your feet, as though they are made merely of ancient splinters holding hands. Lightning crashes in the distance, illuminating the bay through the windows at the far end of the room. Inside, a bearded man lights up a pipe and the bartender pours out a frosted beer. But out there on the bay, deep under the water, a tentacled monster begins to rise toward the surface. The lightning has awakened it, and it is

The shadow turns

the old castors squeaking beneath your weight

and all through the house

Carefully placed upon the hearth and lit

A golden chariot pulled by

freshly crushed clove and sweet spices

which the traders' fantastical stories say the Egyptians used for embalming

2 oz tester candles: 10-15 hours each

You stand in awe of the stacks upon stacks of ancient papyrus scrolls that haven't been seen by human eyes for nearly an eternity

Ceilings caved in

As though the fingers have whipped up wind from the prior stillness

earthy vetiver