Night Shade of the Willow (Part 2)
I lean down over
the squirming corpse to be
and remove
a chunk
of fatty flesh
and throw it
in the fire,
within seconds
it’s popping and sizzling,
filling the house
with such a sweet smell
like a burning hunk of steak,
I hear someone
retching behind me
which only adds
to the sweet aroma.
I walk over
to the one
who sought to get away,
grabbing her restraint
I drag her before the fire,
the dancing flames
shows the shear terror
on her face
with their swaying brilliance.
Stretching out
one of my fingers
I slice a line
outlining her scalp
then tear it off,
the sound
sends blissful shivers
through my body
bringing me to the brink
of losing control.
I tie the mat of hair
to my belt,
my native ancestors
would be proud.
I’m done with this one
so I step down on her throat
crushing the larynx,
her gurgling,
death rattle
washes over me,
the ecstasy of it
sends a spasm
through my body.
Slowly I turn my maleficent stare
on the two
thrashing on the couch,
crazed by the horror
of it all,
tears streaming
down their faces.
With the same finger
I cut the edges
of their eyelids
changing the tears
to streams of blood,
their wailing
is like a siren’s call
almost bursting
my eardrums,
but it sounds off key
so to fix that
I grab one by the face
squeezing until
her mouth opens,
reaching in
I snag her tongue
and stretch it out
as far as it can go
then slam her
in the bottom of the jaw
making her
bite it off,
her blood sprays
into my face.
Stepping back,
almost being pushed
by the blast
of their terror filled screams,
I raise my hands
like conducting
an orchestra
as the power
of their soul releasing howls
bathe over me.
I flex my fingers
at the apex of a crescendo
and gouge
a chunk of flesh
out of the side
of the neck
on the one with no tongue
with my right claw,
sending blood
everywhere,
speckling the room
(crypt)
Copyright © Mark Matthews | Year Posted 2008
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