The October Music, Stanza 2 - Day 15

Under the Sign of a Black Star

            It must be perfect. We shall make it perfect. We shall herald His Coming with precision and grace and complete devotion. Every step is listed here. Every moment accounted for with explicit detail. There is no room for error so error must be eliminated. Follow these directions and we shall Become.

            Our location must be first and in this, and only this, we have freedom. Stone and mortar or grass and woods – do we wish Nature or Man to be His Host? Let us, for our purposes, claim Man as our patron. Thus, we shall find a building – stately, grandiose, suitably ancient – for our home. There is a courthouse downtown undergoing renovation. To bring true Lawlessness into someplace dedicated to Order seems an irony delicious to the taste. You three, go and remove all obstacles.

            A banquet comes next, an expression that we do not ache for His Coming due to need or want. Rather, we – in creature comforts drowned – freely desire and welcome what is due. A fire we shall build, a fire large and hot, in which our offerings and feast shall be prepared. We will need kindling but, more than that, we will need that which is to be consumed. I shall not speak the name of the most desired offering yet you all know to what I refer. If we cannot acquire that, particularly on the shortest notice, lamb or veal will be an acceptable substitute. It is not the meat, but the innocence that is demanded. I trust the four of you will be up to the task. Wine in copious amounts – blood-red – must also be provided. You two must provide enough to numb all doubt.

            We must also all be properly attired. Cliché would dictate black robes and low-lit candles, but cliché does not rule. No, we must be clad in clothes that welcome Disorder. Reds and yellows and blues and greens and all other colors that stain the eyes – those are what we must wear. We do not welcome that which is dull and muted. We usher in something that desires beauty and life. Of what use is conquering the already-lifeless? I trust the three of you to acquire the appropriate garments.

              Finally, the rest of you are entrusted with perhaps the most vital accoutrements of all. Each and every one of you must find and bring as much weaponry as you can move. Blades or cudgels, pitchforks or scythes, even firearms if needed. No matter the method, we must be over-prepared for The Culling which will commence. We shall be spared for we are the arm and we are the infliction of His Glory. I shall prepare the rest. Meet us all at the courthouse as soon as possible. There, we shall begin.

            My heart, it beats so fast. I see the sky above me and feel the waves of fear pour from me. The star – HIS star – glitters and only I may see it.
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            It shall be done. He shall come.