Terry Flood Poet Rhyme

At Night

If you go for a walk at night
Be prepared to put up a fight
Be prepared to shoot at first sight
If you go for a walk at night

If you choose to walk in the dark
Might be best to avoid the park
Might be best if your shadow’s stark
If you choose to walk in the dark

If you walk along moonlit streets
Just avoid any midnight tweets
Just avoid any meet n greets
If you walk along moonlit streets

If at night you walk tall and proud
Just remember there's no ‘in’ crowd
Just remember to not be loud 
If at night you walk tall and proud

If you walk for that other life
Seek your daughter, your son and wife
Seek them though they may bring you strife
If you walk for that other life

If you walk when you’re lamplight lit
Keep in mind that they’re likely bit
Keep your gun and rely on it
If you walk when you’re lamplight lit

But…

If you walk to avoid the sun
Walking only when day is done
Walking aimlessly with that gun
If you walk to avoid the sun 
 
If you stumble and fall at night
Did you suffer a rabid bite
Did your muscles and skin grow tight
If you stumble and fall at night

If you walk at night, sufferin’ 
Might the sight of them make you grin
Might you find your gun neath your chin
If you walk at night, sufferin’

Normal people don’t walk at night
Only those who have felt the bite
Only those who now shun the light
Normal people don’t walk at night

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That’s the reason I walk at night
Hiding works the best in plain sight
Hiding like I might share their plight
That’s the reason I walk at night

So I went for a walk at night
Looked for hidey holes, left and right
Looked and found them and they’re alright
Cos I went for a walk at night

But we need to walk home this night
Making plans to stay close and tight
Making plans to see new daylight
But we need to walk home this night…

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Paula Goldsmith June 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM I enjoyed reading your "At Night" write. Guess I will just stay home. Maybe I should pull the blanket over my head and stay in bed. Hahaha!!!! Have a wonderful day writing away.................. Terry Flood June 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM Thanks, Paula. Struggling to string two words together right now. Got a ton of half done writes seemingly going nowhere. Picked this from among them to see if I could actually finish something. Glad you enjoyed.