Damien Echols

he bestowed upon me his well-worn prison ID badge.

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn,

coerced it out of a mentally challenged kid, Jessie,

evidence presented against me focused on the music I listened to, my interest in magick, and my love of Stephen King

the raw sewage, the blistering heat

already doing magick. With every thought, word, and deed you are influencing the world around you

learn how to do it well.

reality isn’t just something predetermined

Magick waters those seeds to make that potential stir, grow, and flower.

No single book could ever do that.