Rabid Raven

sheep sleep surreptitiously 

spiders spin shredded silken seances

song birds sulk soporifically 

rabid ravens rave rapturous rhapsodies


capriciously caught in clangour

I die dire deceptive dreams

tepid tears tear through torment

viscous vapours vacate venom

pus pelts my pitiful pillow

oozes omnipotent oblivion


alliterations alight anger

freeze fervent fear

reiterate raucous refusal

ruminate reverberate rancid rile


I wake the wake of weary waste

recycle random rubbish remonstrate

then morning mourns Morpheus 

mocks mountains of morose meanders


day dawns dubious daunting delight

as I tease temptation to take a tally

send syllables into space and shuttle

to morphing metaphors from my mind


until excruciating echoes become echelons

of cumbersome circuits and contempt

when restless rest revisits and revolves 

recoils at respite and the raven raves


20th December 2020
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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