Lest anyone think that this is nothing more than an art blog, for my week five creative project, I’m submitting this little poem, based on the 1.8 update to Minecraft, which introduced us all to the terrifying Endermen. I had started writing it then, while on a plane on one of the many overseas business trips I took in 2011. Since I’ve hardly been able to squeeze in any drawing time this week, I just finished up the last few stanzas the other day so I could present it here, to you, below the fold.

Next week, likely back to more drawings.

The Endermen are watching and waiting.

The Endermen see all that you do.

The Endermen are horrid and hating.

The Endermen are coming for you.

The Endermen are throwing and shaking.

The Endermen are wicked and cruel.

The Endermen are flailing and quaking.

The Endermen are coming for you.

They are lifting and hauling, denying what’s true.

They are scraping and mauling, and nothing you do.

Can stay their thirsting, hungering queue.

The Endermen, they are coming for you.

They are building and stacking, destroying what’s new.

They are breaking and cracking, preparing for you.

Preparing a feast for their Endermen stew.

The Endermen, they are coming for you.

The Endermen, they are coming for you.