Dead Man Dancing

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I died ...

Some years ago -

Resuscitated thrice,

Thanks to a waltz with the devil.

But they did not really bring me back,

For the hellish dance never ends -

The rest of life is spent

Running from the

Horror.




The form 'Rictameter' has a syllable count of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 - syllables counted at HowManySyllables.com.

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Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/31/2018 8:39:00 PM

Shades of the Grimm Reaper in this your first Rictameter Greg. This one chills the bones! Great job! : )

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 9/1/2018 10:38:00 AM

Thank you so very much, Connie - I'm so pleased you like it, (and very thankful that much of the hurricane passed you by or weakened). Blessings! :-) <3

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/26/2018 4:42:00 PM

wow, this one is so interesting to read. Love it, greg. Yes, I am back now and trying to catch up with everyone!! Hope all is well with you.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 8/27/2018 1:18:00 AM

(2) ... that way I'll force myself to do some of the forms that I never have, and keep growing that way. It can't hurt, and I want to keep growing and improving ... I have so much to learn, and I think we become stagnant when we get "comfortable". Glad you're home safely, Buddy! :-) <3

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 8/27/2018 1:17:00 AM

(1) Thank you so much, my good friend, I hope everything went smoothly! (I owe you a Soupie - you can update me). I'm trying something new ... I've only been entering about 1/3 of the contests to this point, and I always have trouble deciding on which ones I want to do, so for ONCE I decided I'd just go down through the list and do them all ...