Canto 17

The stinking beast emerged.

An ominous and mild expression

drawn on his snake body.


the stinking beast emerged an ominous and mild expression drawn on his snake body, human face, painting by Hieronymus Bosch --chaos 90

From a group of people near the rim

a pack of streamers come

who Anon tells me to examine.


From a group of people near the rim a pack of streamers come who Anon tells me to examine, painting by ary Scheffer

I see small crested pouches on their

chests, weighed down with the tax

of thousands of tips and donations.


I see small crested pouches on their chests, weighed down with the tax of thousands of tips and donations, fat rat

We then mount the monster and begin

our dizzying descent.

We’re left at the bottom, and the beast


https://s.mj.run/SvBZorsLDMk we then mount the monster and begin our dizzying descent. we’re left at the bottom, and the beast, two men dark painting by Albrecht Durer --ar 3:2

vanished like an arrow from the string.