Canto 16

We are close enough to

hear the torrenting of water fall

into it do go down.


we get close enough to hear the torrenting of water fall into it do go down, scary illustration by william blake --chaos 90

Three men with blistering sores approach,

peeled hairless by the fire

yet their renown continued to awe.


three men with blistering sores::2 approached, peeled hairless by the fire yet their renown continued to awe, painting by Masaccio

I removed the cord from

around my waist and tossed it into

the deep ominous pit.


I removed the cord from around my waist and tossed it into the deep ominous pit, hole --ar 2:3

Out of the depths of the horrid hole

a meaty shape ascends

like a thing swimming up from the sea


out of the depths of the horrid hole a meaty shape ascends like a thing swimming up from the sea, painting by Amos Nattini

reaching upward and drawing in his feet.