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The Bargain

In the tree sits the blackest of all cats Evil companion of the dark lady Dousing fear, the cat makes animals scat He hisses as she comes quite silently Full of powers from this Halloween tree The owl hoots above them both, frightfully The witch laughs, encouraged quite blissfully She lights the fire underneath the cauldron All parts are there, now must boil anxiously Power for her soul that was the bargain
Russell Sivey

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 10/26/2013 7:50:00 PM
I must say you write of Halloween very well...this made me think of a co-workers decoration...she took a rock in her yard and draped it with a cloth to make it a cauldron and then added skulls and has a witch standing over it stirring it and a black cat by her feet....anyway loved your poem :)
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Date: 10/26/2013 4:46:00 AM
Absolutely wonderful! The language and expressions are marvelous!
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