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Xeno pulled The Book down from the shelf-
Dusted it clean
So he could read to himself.
The tome was old-
With yellowing pages
Scribed peculiar
By sages and mages.
The cover hand tooled-
Of fine crafted leather
A voluminous read
Yet light as a feather.
The symbols arcane-
The drawings elite
Deciphering it now
Would be quite a feat.
Xeno was undaunted-
He knew he had skill
Knowledge he had plenty
But of arcanus, NIL.
So he read-
From dusk til dawn
Assimilating power
Between every yawn.
His brain became full-
With each page he turned
Xeno growing excited
By what he had learned.
Now came the test-
To put into action
The gift of The Book
With no distraction.
In a make shift lab-
Xeno did not waver
And fashioned some lenses
Through painstaking labor.
By light of the Moon-
And planetary calculation-
A dash of Alchemy
Magick spells and incantation ...
Xeno cast into frames-
This odd set of lenses
That sparkled and flashed
Amplifying the senses.
The time had come-
Xeno donned the glasses
The vision was clear
Yet penetrated all masses.
The ground fell away-
The landscape had shifted
Into multiple dimensions
Xeno was lifted.
Pulled through time-
Each phase blended
Blurred and bent
Twisted and upended.
Xeno's brain vibed-
Open and invaded
Information absorbed
Saturated, pervaded.
Into space and non time-
One dimension, then another
No control, no feelings
No sense of any other.
To the seat of creation-
The beginning of beginnings
Face to face with the source
No underpinnings.
Then with no warning-
Once again it began
Through plane upon plane
A time caravan.
Back through space and place-
While history resounded
Now in the present
Xeno's feet feeling grounded.
Surroundings now familiar-
Glasses ripped from his face
Xeno looked about nervously
And started to pace.
His ears ringing loudly-
His body quite shaken
Memory too clear
Of the trip he had taken.
Xeno put The Book back on the shelf-
Laughing madly - it was all in vain
Cringing in the corner
Xeno had gone quite insane.
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