Robin Brown Poet Free verse

Rumble Stein's: The Wrapping in the Wardrobe

Rumple Stein tapped his long,
sharp fingernails against the 
bedroom wardrobe, making a
sound like dry bones clicking.
The children shivered as he
began his next ghoulish tale.

"Deep inside the dark closet,
a dusty, ancient mummy is 
waking from its deep sleep,"
Rumple Stein hissed,
chuckling darkly.
"Its body is wrapped tightly in
yellowed, decaying bandages
that smell like ancient tombs.
Its face is hidden behind 
grey, moldy cloths, leaving 
only two hollow eyes glowing 
in the dark.
When the house goes
completely quiet, its stiff, dry 
fingers begin to twitch and 
scratch.
It pushes the heavy wardrobe 
door open with a slow,
agonizing creak. 
The mummy stumbles across 
your bedroom rug, dragging 
its heavy, shuffling feet.
It is looking for the warm 
bedrooms of children who
are still whispering and awake.
It leaves the trails of old,
crumbling dust and bits of
rotten cloth upon your 
floorboards.
If you listen closely, you can
hear its dry wraps scraping 
right now, a soft, sliding hiss.
It breathes with a hollow,
rattling gasp that sounds like 
dry sand shifting in a box.
"Give me your warmth," the
mummy mumbles through its
ancient, crumbling mask. 
If you do not close your noisy
eyes, it will reach into your cozy
bed.
It hands are freezing cold,
hardened by thousands of
years spent under the heavy 
stone dirt.
It will unravel a long, dusty
strip of its rotten bandages to
tie around your ankles.
Then, it will drag you slowly 
backward into the dark,
pitch- black wardrobe.
It will wrap you from head to
tor until you are a silent,
frozen mummy.
You will be trapped the 
dark closet forever, unable to
move or make a single sound.
The dark shadows will
swallow you up, and you will
become part of the dusty
tomb.
So blow out your flickering
candle and bury your head
deep beneath the heavy 
pillows.
Sleep now, little pharaohs,
before the mummy drags 
you into the dark.

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