Old Devil Poem by Willem VanVoorthuysen

Deep, deep inside each one of us
there hides a sneaky dude who talks
extremely rational, and plays and sings
a tune s o sweet, but watch him!
While to the cool twang of his lute
our ears we lend, our minds he bends,
old devil!

'What once was right is now all wrong
and what was wrong is now alright.
You've only got one life to live,
get what you want, and keep your cool,
just let me fry your brains a little bit,
so join the crowd and get your high.'
Old devil!

W a t c h o u t!

The blazing fires of our desires
he fuels and fans to keep them going,
while deep within his hottest fire,
he heats the branding iron
with which he in the end
our souls will sign,
old devil!