Foreword By The Author

from An Erstwisle Alphabestiary: Book One by Nick Prol & the Proletarians

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The book that you are holding
I have written as a hopefully helpful guide
To all the living beings, sentient or not
That have come to be known as the
"Here Already"
Creatures that inhabited Erstwisle
Before we arrived
All wet and slimy

The following are all the "Here Already"
I have observed and encountered
in my travels of the isle
From the Duggers below in the Cragmire
to the more mysterious phylum or fauna
I've happened upon while out on the
Headsea, sailing

[Page redacted and removed by the
Stead Board of Records.
All unsanctioned talk of the Headsea
is unauthorized in Stead literature
And only to be discussed
within the walls of the
Catheadral]

Knowing the S.B.O.R. that last page
will probably be excised upon review
But just know that I said a few things
about the Headsea you won't hear
outside of a pew

Before you could become dead
Now you're here and "head"'s
the new term for second death
The sea around Erstwisle
Is filled with the second dead
Who've become giant heads
Floating eternally,
Searching for whirlpools
To the next life

The heads are what you and I will become one day
And not the focus of the tome you're currently digesting
I hope that you enjoy it thoroughly

I urge you to read every word
Most carefully
Some of these creatures are harmless but some...
Are deadly

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from An Erstwisle Alphabestiary: Book One, released December 16, 2020
Nick - vocals
Mohadev - guitar
Ben - bass
Connor - drums

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Nick Prol & The Proletarians Tucson, Arizona

Blending the catchy hooks of pop with the experimental sounds of avant-prog and "Rock In Opposition", Nick Prol & The Proletarians serve to you their own psychedelic bowl of art rock soup they call "Pop in Opposition". Don't mind the flies.

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