This horror poem is about Zamboula.
After Conan's adventure, other related Cannibals moved into the hills south-west of the city.
Some Turanian patrols have been lost in those bush covered hills, and the soldiers keep well away from that area now.
The evil man-eaters ambush unwary travellers and small caravans.
But they are a bigger menace at night, on roads, and mainly in the city outskirts.
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~~~ Chant of the flesh ~~~
We come creeping when you snore and sleep
We won't steal your best camels or sheep.
We don't want your precious gems or gold,
silks or spices or carpets, unsold.
We won't steal your hat or cloak or shoe
For all we really want is just you.
Our hate faces are painted and wild
Our eyes burn red our teeth are sharp filed.
--[ verse 3 ]
We like ears and fingers toes and eyes
We taste fears and lick your sweaty thighs.
From north and south we catch human meat
And stuff our drooling mouths with your feet.
Impale you along our pole meat spit
Roast your flesh over a fire coals pit.
Or sometimes with our long nailed black claw
Rip you open and eat you red raw.
Turanian skulls stare at our pits,
our cavorting legs and dancing tits.
At Hanuman's mighty Temple yards
we leave entrails for the big ape guards.
--[ v 6 ]
At the main Palace, above the door
we leave the head of the Satrap's Whore.
At Black Temple where Priests fret and sweat
we feed fresh hearts to a Son of Set.
In secret canyon sacred quicksands
a Demon tendril of Yog demands
sacrifice every full ghoul moon.
The blood time is coming very soon.
We can hide and thrive here where we are
More blood brothers come from far Darfar.
And when we catch that Barbar sinner
we will roast him slow for our big dinner.
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[ by Buxom Sorceress c.2017 ]
Imagine the drooling vile Cannibals chanting this poem while dancing around their slow roasting victims?
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Howard's dark Zamboula should be a good source to inspire more tales and rhymes?
It is 1 of my top fave Conan tales.
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So, did you enjoy chewing on this grisly feast?
Are you still salivating and hungry for more?