blackouts
70's
a burgeoning fear than gnawed upon heartbeats
shadows descend in corners like spiders to flies,
amplified sounds snap in your ears as if explosions
and every movement espied is where a monster lies.
footsteps pacing and candles being lit and waved
a fuse box still in hiding from last nights dark,
the rolling blackouts of the 1970's shout and parade
atmospheric excitement that left a heavy mark.
(2014)
a poem about me going through an electrical blackout in the 70's, as a small child.
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