I chose a poem for my first Friday Creepiness post. It was fun to write and I think I’m going to tweak it a bit more before tomorrow night. I’m going to do a public reading of this poem and a couple of other ones at a local open mic event.
In My Town Tonight – 9-20-2011
Creeping
crawling
flying things,
with red rimmed eyes
and leather wings
have descended
here,
upon my town tonight.
Threatening
life and limb
soul and breath
stealing light
and singing death
here,
upon my town tonight.
Licking lips
and howling
songs,
scraping all
into a throng
to feast
here,
upon my town tonight.
We fight
and struggle
scream and curse
but those creatures
laughed as we did
our worst to
hurt them in
my town tonight.
In the end
I’m left lying
streaks of crimson
in the dirt
they left as
I am dying
here,
in my now quiet
town tonight.