from the sandman

My buddy Dhiraj copied this out for me in one of his fantastic (and always thought-provoking) emails.

from the sandman: preludes and nocturnes

morpheus (lord of the dreamworld) vs. choronzon (demon)

the game in hell

choronzon: "i am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler"

morpheus: "i am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing"

c: "i am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing"

m: "i am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged"

c: "i am a snake, spider-devouring, poison-toothed"

m: "i am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed"

c: "i am anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying"

(morpheus abandons the offensive and goes his own way in the game)

m: "i am a world, space-floating, life nurturing"

c: "i am a nova, all-exploding, planet-creating"

m: "i am the universe-all things encompassing, all life embracing"

c: "i am anti-life, the beast of judgment. i am the dark at the end of everything. the end of the universe, gods, worlds...everything"

m: "i am hope"

(demon unable to respond)

Yeah...good stuff.