The Void

 More,
 more,
 a little more,
 it's mumbling right now,
and I've already pulled out some of my bones,
 and it's spat them right back out.

 It's not giving me a rating,
 or a recipe for the seasoning,
but I think it's enjoying it all,
because I've seen maybe a few billion fall,
 right into the great cyan maw,
because the void isn't black at all!

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