Canto 21
And in the next crevasse,
the mice and keyboards were thick with pitch,
a bubbling black static.
and in the next crevasse the mice and keyboards were thick with pitch, a bubbling black static, political add --ar 2:3
We are chased from the muck by a crook
with hooked feet and a suit
who spent his life dealing in backrooms.
we are chased from the muck by a crook with hooked feet and a suit who spent his life dealing in backrooms, yellow painting by ary scheffer
He is pushed back inside
like meat poked back into the cauldron
by the other swindlers.
he is pushed back inside like meat poked back into the cauldron by the other swindlers, painting by Hieronymus Bosch
“Sorry about him,” another said
“come - we’ll lead you onward.”
We smelled a foul trail seeping from him,
“Sorry about him,” another said “come - we’ll lead you onward.” We smelled a foul trail seeping from him, woodcut by gustave dore --ar 3:2