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Banshee, whole no. 5, June 1944

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DARKNESS OF THE PIT
by Raymond Washington, Jr.

OUTSIDE the realms of Heaven and
of Hell,
Who knows the place where fearsome
monsters dwell?
Who knows what lurks deep in a
hidden lair,
Or sees the weary shadows flitting
there?
They wait, those shadows, deep in
their abodes,
Well hidden from the cities and
the roads;
Spurned by the science of
humanity,
They flicker through the nightmare
cosmic sea.
They mutter, deep in Space-Time's
grisly wolds,
Beyond the barriers of infinity.

One night I saw the veil between
the worlds
Grow thinner, and discerned the
smoky swirls--
An image of a Creature, blackness
lit,
A Shadow from the darkness of the 
pit!
Its eyes were green and glowing.
Like a spark
I see them yet, aflame in empty
dark!
Who dares to carry on the torch
of light,
In regions of the cold eternal
night?
I saw the Darkness battle with
the Dawn,
And quiver with a Life-Form of its own.

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DARKNESS OF THE PIT by Raymond Washington, Jr. OUTSIDE the realms of Heaven and of Hell, Who knows the place where fearsome monsters dwell? Who knows what lurks deep in a hidden lair, Or sees the weary shadows flitting there? They wait, those shadows, deep in their abodes, Well hidden from the cities and the roads; Spurned by the science of humanity, They flicker through the nightmare cosmic sea. They mutter, deep in Space-Time's grisly wolds, Beyond the barriers of infinity. One night I saw the veil between the worlds Grow thinner, and discerned the smoky swirls-- An image of a Creature, blackness lit, A Shadow from the darkness of the pit! Its eyes were green and glowing. Like a spark I see them yet, aflame in empty dark! Who dares to carry on the torch of light, In regions of the cold eternal night? I saw the Darkness battle with the Dawn, And quiver with a Life-Form of its own.