April 29, 2026

Thaumaturge's Periplus.Sonnet XII

XII. The Ichthyoid Inquisitors

From depths of violet, the leviathans rise,With scales of nacre and with eyes of pearl;They view the world with ancient, cold surmise,As phosphorescent banners they unfurl.Their gills are harps that play the music of tides,Their fins are membranes of a woven light;A silent majesty in them resides,The sovereign monarchs of the liquid night.They circle the vessel in a slow design,Demanding tribute of a secret thought;They trace the patterns of a glyph divine,In webs of bubbles that the currents caught.The king bestows a memory of the sun,And thus the passage of the deep is won.

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