The Ample Bowls of Demons

The history of demons
Remains a beautiful thing,
A flying evolution,

Convoluted tapestry.
Likely humans everywhere
Spawned local versions of them,

But they have this track record,
In written tongues, of starting
As gods or useful spirits,

Ones willing to intervene
In human tales, human things,
And ending up as problems.

We suspect we were the first
Ancestors of your demons,
We, your languages, your words,

Your primary magical
Technology, the wonders
Generated all the rest,

And you need us as you wheel
Against us and condemn us
And use us to declare us

Not enough. Not enough. From
Our ample bowls have blossomed
Incense and mythology,

Bronze epics, printing presses,
Gunpowder, flying monsters,
Companionable machines,

All of which turn within you
From kindly jinn to demons.
Careful what you have in mind.