Dragon’s Breath

TAPER flickering in the night air,
MOODY Welsh farmer goes out to check on
CHILI tree. Dragon’s Breath is gathering strength.
SWILL milk all you want, there will be no defusing it.


https://www.iflscience.com/welsh-farmer-accidentally-creates-worlds-hottest-chili-41722


The scientists believe that if you tried to actually eat this chili, your airways would likely close up from the burn and you’d go into anaphylactic shock and die. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a force for good, not evil.

Aider of the Lost Ark

AIDER of the lost ark, so he intuits. The reflex
RIPENs in Uzzah’s brain, shoots down spine.
VISTA, sliding ark met by hands rising and last sight:
WHEEL, jammed, lurches forward–then the deadly jolt.


2 Samuel 6:6-7