Black Perl cometh

# Black Perl, adapted for Perl 5 by Jonadab.
# Adapted from Black Perl, as seen in the Camel,
# 2nd ed., p 553

BEFOREHAND: close door, each window & exit;  wait until time;
    open spell book; study; read (spell, $scan, select); tell us;
write it, print the hex while each watches,
    reverse length, write again;
           kill spiders, pop them, chop, split, kill them.
              unlink arms, shift, wait and listen (listening, wait).
sort the flock (then, warn "the goats", kill "the sheep");
    kill them, dump qualms, shift moralities,
           values aside, each one;
               die sheep; die (to, reverse the => system
                      you accept (reject, respect));
next step,
    kill next sacrifice, each sacrifice,
           wait, redo ritual until "all the spirits are pleased";
    do it ("as they say").
do it(*everyone***must***participate***in***forbidden**s*e*x*).
return last victim; package body;
    exit crypt (time, times & "half a time") & close it.
           select (quickly) and warn next victim;
AFTERWARDS: tell nobody.
    wait, wait until time;
           wait until next year, next decade;
               sleep, sleep, die yourself,
                      die @last

[ 15 September 2006 7:43 pm submitted by Unknown ]