There was once a bell that rang through the day
and continued on into the dark night.
It was a funeral bell at its heart;
never meaning to cause harm, though it did.
As it rang out, people were enraptured.
They had visions of death and bones and graves.
These dark, macabre visions continued on
until the person dropped dead to the ground!
What can be said about a bell so black
that its listeners drop dead when it’s heard?
Malignant, macabre bell of such evil
that humans fall to their graves from hearing!