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HELLBENDER

from Bestiary by KIRK'S DIK DIK

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LARGEST SALAMANDER IN THE NEW WORLD. KING OF AMPHIBIANS. MEDIEVAL COMMENTATORS ASCRIBED TO SALAMANDERS IMMUNITY TO THE EFFECTS OF FIRE. AS IT TURNS OUT THEY ARE NOT IMMUNE TO SILTATION OF STREAM BEDS AND POLLUTION. EXTINCTION LOOMS

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HELLBENDER REIGN

Beneath the stone
In turbid stream,
upon his throne
Hellbender dreams.

Of cleaner days
and darker nights;
of arthropod
and hellgrammite.
Etc.

Seek not the sun
Hellbender!
Amphibian king
beneath the stone!

Seek not the sun
salamander!
In Satan's fire
you walk alone

Hellbender eye
reflects the moon.
Hellbender's time
is coming soon!

Seek not the sun
Is our refrain.
Thy will be done!
Hellbender reign!
Etc.

Seek not the sun
Hellbender!
Amphibian king
beneath the stone!

Seek not the sun,
salamander!
In Satan's fire
you walk alone

Seek not the sun,
hellbender!
Will you survive
the human race?

Who is to blame,
Polluter?
Hellbender's plight...
Is your disgrace!
Etc.

credits

from Bestiary, released April 26, 2020
CARY KIRK - GUITAR AND DRUMS
KIRK LOMBARD - VOX, HARMONICA, TUBA

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Kirk's Dik Dik Moss Beach, California

What started as a tuba/mandolin garage jam session quickly mutated into the full-blown tuba/guitar rock experience you now behold. Named after the world's smallest antelope, Bay Area music scene veterans, Kirk Lombard and Cary Kirk (Rube Waddell, Kemo Sabe), conflated their names into the mighty Kirk's Dik Dik. Don't let the size of the Madoqua fool you. There's nothing subtle about this Dik Dik ... more

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