Red mass

Otto Vrieslander

At the gruesome Eucharist,

In golden glitter,

In flickering candlelight,

To the altar comes-Pierrot!

His hand, consecrated to God,

Tears open the priestly robes

At the gruesome Eucharist,

In golden glitter.

Signing the cross,

He shows the suffering souls

The dripping red Host:

His heart-in bloody fingers-

At the gruesome Eucharist.