The Barons

I am he that walks in the graveyard, Strolling in the moonlit fields, Welcoming the dead souls to their graves, And dancing with starlit joy and waving lilies.
I show the path to the world of Guinee, Where dead souls may rest their weary heads, After the long struggle of life, So that they can carouse without worry, And relish in the absence  of  which.
I am he that condoles the dead mortals, With lewd and lascivious acts of pleasure, So they can shed their skin of pompousness, And indulge in all the revelry of whores, And bathe in the failed genteel of bastards.
Proffer your wanton holes, Present your up-lifted staffs, And make revelry in the light of aphrodisia, And make yet more men and women and children, So that they may know my baseborn delights, And celebrate in their life and eventual death, Where they may meet I whose name is Samedi, And bathe in my afterglow.

The Barons and Maman Brigitte derive from Haitian Vodun. They are Lwa and have less powerful Ghede family. They reside at the entrance to cemeteries, like rum, cigars, hot peppers and having a riotous time. They are at the crossroads with death and the spirit world BUT, they are not evil spirits...they have the power to intercede if it is nor time for someone to die...an ill child perhaps, or someone who has been poisoned. Their love of a good time shows how much they love life.

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