Beyond titanic zones and the harrowing guns
Of Pandemonium, Moloch sheathed his bloody
Blade and on bended knee addressed dread
Satan: “Immortal Serpent, Hadean Master,
King of the Fiendish Seraphim, the humans are dying,
And this spurs me on towards wicked deeds; but
What is the meaning of these strange new words?
What is an anti-vaxxer? What is a conspiracy theorist?
And what does it mean, to spread misinformation?”
Rising from his throne of burning stone and Plutonian
Night, the archfiend answered: “Science is anti-
Science, anti-science is science, the vaccine-hesitant
Hold informed consent to be inviolable, misinformation
Is truth, conspiracy theorists exude sentience,
Extremists embody reason, those who rail against
Flat-earthers are flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers are
Anti-mandate, the experts are quacks, while a
Covid denier is an incorrigible angel that sees –
And in seeing speaks with unadorned grace
And hallowed light.” Donning his gruesome helm
Of swarming bees and bone primeval, the lord of
Child sacrifice spake: “Father, these words fill my
Accursed soul with such delight – unborn the black
Sun – let’s cut and hew until the battle’s won.”