aftermath

king diamond’un 1998 tarihli voodoo albümünden...


the "loa" house and the old voodoo burial ground
are still standing in all their glory.
the lafayetes left the hospital and louisiana
and went to...i don’t care.

malone survived. he’s a scared old man now.
by the way, my name is salem.

you cannot say, that everybody’s happy.
but you can say, that everybody is now
safe from each other.

at least i sought so, until a few days ago
when i heard of some mother
by the name of sarah lafayette
who’s newborn baby was speaking in the strangest tongue
backwards.

a miracle?

some expert had uttered the word:

voodoo

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