In the Dead of Night


Electricity crackling,
dancing in the sky above
And some dead thing moves
				imperceptibly, 
down inside the castle below
A mad scientist cackling, 
howls at the midnight moon with glee
Devilish delight ...
Abominable works being done
in the dead of night
Obscure in the background working busily,
the sidekick, lab assistant 
	       Igor simply ignores
the ranting of his royal employ
Baron Victor Von Frankenstein ...
Doctor Doom
of the 18th century timeline
He with the God complex,
is driven to unlock the secret of immortality
Killing death 
would be his crowning achievement,
			            his stamp of nobility
He peers down at the dead body
awakening
Slight tremors of the hand
Lips slowly moving, wanting to scream
In the dead of night, absent of light,
come witness abominable creating
Man wanting to become God,
giving life to dead things that possess no soul
Such scientific evil ... 
		           running amok, out of control   
As the undead monstrosity rises
from the cold, metal slab
He flails at the doctor like a child, 
accidentally destroys the lab partially
In the dead of night
some new horror was brought into this world
The living are now doubly filled with fright,
seeing visions of an apocalyptic hell
As the mad doctor 
feverishly works on creating a female
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Accountt Avatar
June 6, 2017 at 10:52 PM
I like the imagery very much, Good sir.
Ricci Avatar
June 6, 2017 at 12:32 PM
Hello Freddie. Yes, this is expressive with a marvelous title which set the tone and stage of what was to follow in the entry. Allow me to say compelling and dramatic. Well done in composition and construction. Now Freddie about that ending thought... (lol) just kidding. Have a wonderful afternoon.
Lindley Avatar
June 6, 2017 at 8:10 AM
Love this dark poem. Yes man the beast seeks to make other beasts to enslave. Its not enough just to enslve other men, man wants his own monster to use.. Great poem my friend....
Duet Avatar
June 5, 2017 at 6:42 PM
Scary! I always felt sorry for Dr. Frankenstein's monster. But now that he's going to have a girlfriend...well, he's a lucky "stiff", huh? lol Anyway, I loved all the great adjectives and adverbs you used in this poem as well as the title. GL Freddie!
Green Avatar
June 5, 2017 at 10:45 AM
Good luck with that one Herr Doktur. :) Nicely done Freddie a dark tale reminiscent of an old B&W movie. I could her the pump organ in the background.
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