A Scary Place To Sleep
A Scary Place to Sleep
Imagine a skull screaming from the dead
where a murdered minister is buried.
The screams have caused some folks to lose their head
as all within their ears the screams are carried.
The Skull of Cambridge has been covered thick and deep
in cement, for drowning out the screams.
In this scary place the great Poe also sleeps
and spirits of the darkness reign supreme.
The Old Western Burial Ground can be found
on Fayette and Green Streets in Baltimore City.
Cars and trucks most often mute the shrieking sounds
of this dreadful dead man’s moans for human pity.
In the darkened mists of a city scene
a homeless person sleeps upon a grate,
awakening to the noise of a muffled scream
from the direction of the cemetery gate.
10/3/18
The Old Western Burial Ground is a haunted graveyard in an area of Baltimore, Maryland.
STRAND SELECT F
Brian Strand, Sponsor
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