The Shriek
It was time to come in from the cold
I am no longer young, I am old
My legs long and hairy
They creak when I walk
Once the talk of the town
But they now let me down
So I hide in the corner and nod off to sleep
When all of a sudden I hear a loud shriek
What’s all that commotion
Well I don’t have a notion
Through sleepy blue eyes
I take a quick peep
There’s a man with a broom head
Getting too close for comfort
His face is so red, such a gigantic head
With the broom head he pokes
so I freeze and play dead
Then he turns to the Shriek and scratches his head
So deciding to move to a place more discreet
But confused lose my sense of direction
My legs they collapse I am feeling quite weak
Running over her legs
Running over her feet
I panic running over the Shriek
Consumed with fright she went out like a light
As she crashed to the floor in a heap
I was so out of breath
for she’d crushed me to death
So beware all Arachnids
steer clear of the Shriek...
Written 26th November 2018
Contest Strand Choice O
Sponsor Brian Strand
1st Place
Copyright © Ann Gilmour | Year Posted 2018
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