After we crossed the river, before us was
A great chasm. I noticed my Guide's face paled
As we gazed into the abyss. "What's the cause
For your complexion? Are we to be assailed
On entrance to this foul pit? Are you a hen,
Going bawk bawk bawk?" I asked, and then I quailed
At his response. "I'm not a fucking chicken;
This is the saddest place in the Hell below.
In this realm resides those who didn't know Him
In life. The pagans and the like in their woe
Who were never baptized, or came before God's
Religion. To punish those who did not know
Is a cruelty that fills me with anger. Odd
Though it may seem, this is where I live, in this
First circle of Inferno." He drew a rod
From his cloak, and shoved me into the abyss.
Lamentations abounded here. The wails and
Agony of those within I'd be amiss
To not recount. Their cries grated me like sand,
For they were coarse and rough and got everywhere.
As we passed through them, I felt their grabbing hands
At my back, begging me to free them from their
Torment. Before long, I noticed a hill set
All around with fire. We approached, and 'ere
We got close, I asked my Guide, "Whose parapet
Is that, set above all others?" "Those who's lives
Were filled with fame. It is time them you met!"
Said Steve, and as we walked, four souls beyond wise
Approached us. The foremost then spoke, "So returns
The lord Stephen Plank from his journey. Survived
The forest to live another day!" He turns
To me then, and I recognized his smug face!
Very Breaky Bishi was he! Authored terms
That have stood the test of time, did he! With grace,
He gestured to the three, and I knew them too!
Newcomer24, who wrote about rapes,
Nebula the Hedgehog, the stories of who's
Desperately needed Grammarly! And last,
DarkCrizan366, an author who through
The end wrote pure fucking gold. To me, Steve asked
"Would you give us a moment? We must confer."
Away they strode, and as I gazed at the caste,
I saw they were robed and jewelled. They then stirred,
And toward me they came. Steve: "We decided
That you shall be counted among our number!"
I was amazed at their choice. The path we tread
Then was a long one, discussing among us
Many things I will not recount. Cherry red
I glowed, but not from a closet. We came thus
To a castle with seven walls, with a stream
Surrounding it. We crossed, and entered the cusp
Of a meadow, filled with souls and with grass green!
The souls came and went, between and around me,
Until now around me a groaning crowd teemed.
It was then I saw Akane Owari
Mikan Tsumiki, Anige Yonaga,
Kyoko Kirigiri, also Misaki
Asano, of course Junko Enoshima,
And Byakuya Togami, then Makoto
Naegi, trailed by Maki Harukawa,
And finally, Mahiru Koizumi. Lo,
After I had recognized all them who in
Verse I must force, we traveled on, our pace slow,
So that into the second ring we descend.