Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός - psuchopompos, literally meaning the "guide of souls") are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls to the afterlife. Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply provide safe passage.
Flows into cracked cups.
No saucer can contain
This overplus of mine:
It glisters to the floor,
Lashing like lizard fire
And ramps upon the walls
Crazy with ruby ills.
Who enters by my door
Is drowned, burned, stung, and starred
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