The Animal Killers

We continued on, shaking from the screams of the violent.

Our steps echoed in the eerie darkness,

Until we reached the middle layer before the 8^th ring.

Virgil paused and pointed to a huge cage within the abyss,

With rusted bars that contained shrieking,

Only hell could rightfully warn a soul to feel this hopeless.

The floor was dirty, the dungeon was dusty, the cage wreaking.

I squinted in the shadows, and out of twisted curiosity

I found savage beasts running rampant, and screaming.

Primal and barbaric, their frenzied snarls sounded like a monstrosity.

One million of them were bare,

on all fours, their eyes full of ferocity.

Chains, whips, and guns were found in the lair,

“They are humans”, Virgil revealed.

I dropped my jaw in shock as I continued to stare.

“For their offenses, they are sealed

Within their violent bodies forever

To await torturous pain that only maliciousness can yield.

Stripped of control, they will never

escape Artemis’ contraption and wrath.

For she herself forged the bars to never sever.

Dog fighters, Dove associates, D&G followed their path,

To torture animals for their gain.

Fear, distrust, and anger between animal and man is now the aftermath.

Artemis sent them here for the selfish pain,

They inflicted on innocent creatures for money and fashion.

A goddess of the hunt, she has realized times have changed.

She visits from time to time without compassion,

Whips them, burns them, and chains them all,

Using all of eternity to teach them the same lesson.”

We walked past the cage and watched them maul,

Each other, gnawing at flesh and breaking bone.

As we reached Level 8, the snapping jaws never ceased the brawl.

Explanatory Paragraph

I chose something very near and dear to me, which are animal rights. I’m against the mistreatment/ abuse and manipulation of animals and the act of hunting. The ring I created lies between the 7^th (The Violent) and 8^th (Fraudulent and Malicious) because animal abusers are cruel, malicious, and neglect the fact that they should preserve life instead of destroy it. Artemis, Greek Goddess of the hunt and wild animals, herself made the cage that keeps the sinners inside. The sinners in their previous lives (cosmetic and food companies, dog fighters, fashion designers) are all guilty of mistreating and or killing animals for their own superficial gain. Perfumes, chocolates, deodorants, and make ups are tested on animals, as while animals are murdered for their fur for the sake of the runway. Artemis realizes that people are killing animals now for superficial reasons (not reasons of survival) and is angered by the slaughter of her precious creatures. Millions of the sinners are kept in a huge cage and are stripped of all the humanly control of their bodies. These sinners took advantage of animals because they were “inferior”, so now they are turned into the same “beasts” they killed. They are forced to live in eternity of savagery and constant violence amongst each other. It is one hundred percent primal and wild within the bars of the cage. The sinners fight amongst each other and even kill one another. Artemis visits periodically and tortures the wild humans. The punishment fits the crime because Artemis inflicts the same pain and fear the sinners inflicted on animals in their previous lives.

Renee Curva, Period 6