Eparch

Night had fallen when we arrived at the Eparch’s castle.

Found him singing the somber song of the exiled and about

the end that always came uninvited; tattoos covered his

body, signs of superiority meant for the upper class established

by a heavenly authority, crooked thoughts like fog in the brain

of suitors and harlots besieging the minds of men from

the dubious clan until the cock called midnight.

It was autumn and night fell early; melancholy was

abundant when the Übermensch uncovered his chest and

we observed the red rose on His right side, and this was

the commencement of our initiation and novice as we were

we couldn’t understand the deep meaning of His thought

when He repeated: ‘After a few lifetimes even this autocratic

Eparch will become my brethren.’

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