Moo Ha Ha Ha
MOO HA HA HAH! (with kudos to E.A. Poe)
There was an eerie peal I knew
When just a reborn child
I sat listening
Listening for that cast iron steel-gray
midnight shattering clang
CLANG!
Once -
Twice -
Then this macabre strain that would trip familiar space
Motoring round my meatless inner skull
Like a damn black hearse
All Saints Eve should have explained –
Some pumpkin-headed prankster
In the belfry legs wrapped around the bell tower rope
Smiling mischief –
But NO!
This was no call to worship
Unless to pay homage to Bedlam’s King
No church hymn this opus
The foul Dies Irae struck into my very soul
With nowhere to hide the tender flesh
And now as the sun sets I cower in my cell
Brain full of Draculaean horror
Waiting
WAITING!
Listening
Listening for those ghoul-mad midnight bells
Copyright © Daver Austin | Year Posted 2010
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