Alien Star
Deeper by far
Than any star
Deeper than the Unknown Night
The spaceworm spins its prison bar
Its casement tower, height on height
“Shell by the Abyssal Crustacea”
Alien Star
Alien Light
Shine upon our Alien Fright
Alien Sun
Alien Star
Shine upon our Prison Bar
The nematodes
In their abodes
Renew the categories
The scaly reptile in the roads
Seeks on Her Lunar glories
“Shell by the Abyssal Crustacea”
Alien Star
Alien Light
Shine upon our Alien Fright
Alien Sun
Alien Star
Shine upon our Prison Bar
— Grady L. McMurtry
8/21/61 e.v.
Note: Originally published in Thelema Lodge Calendar, July 1996.