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Something’s lurking in the shadows. Something’s hiding in the dark. Something’s out there by my window, so why doesn’t Fido bark? Something out there wants to get me! I am losing my sang-froid. Something wants to disappear me. I’m not being paranoid! I used to have a neighbor woman--We cannot find her anywhere. When I called for some patrolmen. They did not show ‘cause they don’t dare! Something outside isn’t human-- or at least not anymore. A cannibal or psycho axeman, or just a clown covered with gore. I’ve got the willies something fierce. Those shivers just won’t go away. I’m not ready for the hearse. Too scared to run…too scared to stay. Someone’s walked over my tomb, or given me the evil eye. Something’s out there in costume--Trick or treat, it’s time to die! Something’s out there by my window, so why doesn’t Fido bark? Something’s lurking in the shadows. Something’s waiting in the dark.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 5/21/2014 1:50:00 PM
Mark, chilling moment to share... . I enjoyed the intense, gripping Stunning Imagery.... Wishing you luck.... XOX~ LINDA
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Mark J. Halliday
Date: 5/21/2014 1:55:00 PM
Thanks for commenting. Glad you liked it. This is actually a version of a song I wrote for Halloween a few years ago, reconfigured as a poem. Stunning Imagery ...nice compliment.
Date: 5/21/2014 11:17:00 AM
cool poem
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Mark J. Halliday
Date: 5/21/2014 12:51:00 PM
Thanks. I did an earlier longer version of this as a song for Halloween on another website

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