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There Is A Darkness

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Poetic Form: Narrative/Rhyme
Inspired: 2024 February 08

 

*5th Place*
THERE IS A DARKNESS
Contest Judged: 2024 April 22
Sponsored by: John Lawless

 

Image: Alfred Hitchcock 1920 by SD Tribune

*On the subject of Visual Exposure versus Narrative Coherence: "The difference between suspense and surprise is to give the audience some lead then leave the rest to their imagination," ... by Alfred Hitchcock.


KEY:

A: Colchester Tours Agent
T: Tourist
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(a woman tourist vaguely sees in a matter of seconds what appears to be a floating apparatus through a small hole in the wall with a hanging veil)

T: Now tell me, tell me, what do you see?
T: With your very two eyes, please, tell me.
A: I do not see a thing, nope, nothing at all.
A: Not a thing to be seen, nothing substantial.
T: With that hole in the wall, tho' a bit small.
T: You see nothing, nothing, nothing at all.
T: Are you quite blind
T: to what comes from behind?
T: From this room's light
T: should shine thru' and delight!
A: Yet I'm so sorry folks,
A: indeed, I made no jokes.
A: There's not a thing that I can see,
A: just total darkness endlessly.
A: I must say, that there's an eeriness that is truly troubling,
A: That yon that veil midst the darkness what would cause all that rippling.
A: I must put an end to this curiosity,
A: for I am without a cat that will set me free.
A: All I need
A: is a lead
A: that will put an end to this mystery,
A: and gladly end this curiosity.
A: At last, there is a clue,
A: Tho it's long overdue.
A: I can see the end of the darkness,
A: and it's nothing strange nor eeriness.
A: I can see what causes the veil's rippling,
A: and there's not a thing, at all, that's troubling.
A: For at the end of the darkness, there's something white,
A: ... and that is why, folks, that I can see without light.
A: Whiteness at the end caused me to see the veils rippling.
A: 'Twas nothing more than the wind that caused all its waving.
A: So as there was nothing scary and there was no spook.
A: So let us all be merry as we did have a look.
A: So let's enjoy the rest of our tour, --people. 

(mumblings of uncertainties continue)

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A: (speaking to an apparition) "Say what?"
A: "There's a small tear in the veil?"
A: "Mayhaps, we should be a bit careful with our bony fingers, my dear."
A: (whispering) "Once again, it's called 'Paranormal'."
A: "I've found the tour business to be more enterprising, --than teaching."
A: "You've outdone yourself, once again, my dear, --Lenore!"

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A: "Pass my regards, Edgar!"

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