Ivan had completely lost it;
Teenage Satan in town
to see his father
        for money;
Eli                 hated this kid;
                   a minor prophet
                 in his own scene;
                  Hel kept a photo
of Satan stuck to
          her mirror;      mirrors
going out of
          style & magic          making
a              comeback;
drinking   [Ivan could've
  sworn the kid was dead
  it was bad news that he
     showed his face at all;
                              Ivan would've sworn he
                              was dreaming:  pressing
in on the scared kid,
& growling in his face:
                                     "I watched u die in the
                                      gutter, u rotten *******!"
Ivan had indeed been there

                                     when the satanic          | kid got run over
                                     by the yellow cab driving
                                     headlong into         hell;
[Ivan's blackouts increased after that]