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The Devil sits there playing, he’s as happy as he can be He has a new game to play, he rubs his fiery hands in glee Down in the bowels of the earth, the deepest hottest spot Where white magma burns, he collects it, in his devilish crock. He keeps all the tortured souls he has collected through the years Especially the greedy ones, he know how to play on their worst fears Crucibles of white hot lava, he makes them pound all day Until their muscles burn and burst, then the devils imps do flay. The skin they flay from their backs, but still the pounding goes on And little by little a diamond is formed, each one the bestest one A pile of diamonds the devil has them make, but still the lava pours The pounding must continue, piles of diamonds grow on the floor. The clarity, the excellence, this perfection in clear carats The devil tells them he wants more, the imps take skin from their backs More and more diamonds they are looking as cool as ice He taunts the greedy souls down there he says “Now don’t they look nice.” When he has a mountain of them, he lets the pounding halt The lava stops pouring for a while, and then there is a jolt The poor tired souls are staring at this mountain of ice-like gems When the Devil pulls a lever the pounding starts again. This time a floodgate is open and he says they can take their fill They can cool themselves on the diamonds; they can try it if they will The clearest of all the diamonds, send shivers down their spines They try to pocket a few but the devil says …“They’re mine.” Another gate is open, lava flows through hot, the crucibles refilled The Devil says now get to work I don’t want to see a single drop spilled When they can work no more, he lets them have a rest Then opening up another door he says “I bet you all have guessed.” “Now you have made more wealth, than the world can ever use These cool pieces of pounded lava, this ice mountain you are going to lose Just watch my merry greedy souls, just watch my new display As a running river of lava washes the ice clear diamonds away… Now I will show you what we will do with all of them Just watch how they melt down, so we can start all over again So pound away my merry soul’s, pound and pound them well This is what you loved before; you found the love of money was Hell Competition Entry: Fire and Ice. Sponsored By Carol Sunshine Brown © Mandy Tams~GG~ 21/11/2012
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