Halloween Hangover
Unsettling it was
came from where
I did not know,
the jagged claw upon
my chamber floor
so near the cot
where I nightly lay,
have dreamed so snug
feeling quite secure,
sharpest at the edges
capable of tearing flesh
and bone, my innards
deep
how could this hideous
thing unbeknownst stealthily
creep --
perhaps always near
I shuddered to think
somewhere attached to
my spirit long ago -- a
thought too repugnant
I did not want to hear it
from my troubled mind
hastened I to clear it
hungrily latched-on to my
soul, I prayed desperately
to be free of it
confronting my
original abomination --
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