Published in Doppelgänger
I denied the clock stopped ticking… I denied the coldness grew. I denied the floorboards creaking. I denied the ghost of you. I placed no hope in spirit writing
It’s a lovely gloomy day. Come, my dear, come out and play. The shadows gather on the lawn And whisper that the sun is gone And never will come back.
I met my double late one night Coming up the stair. I would have scolded loud and long Except he wasn’t there. “Why keep these dreadful hours?”…
Knitting sitting where the necklaces fall gathering up the shiny things to g… who bite them hoping for sugar
No sooner has the sun gone down When I awake and go to town. Since vampires bit me where I lay I have to go to bed by day. I wander round while others sleep.
Where the bat sucks, there suck I… In my native soil I lie; There I couch when morning’s nigh… In a wolf’s guise I do glide All the evening stealthily.
I asked my love to hold my hand. My love was not afraid. I heard the steady pattering sound His stoutly true heart made. I gave my love a gentle kiss.
At night time when the lights are… I cough a fearsome-sounding cough. If no one comes to check my health I climb upon the roof by stealth. I slide straight down the nearest…
They think I whisper secrets to m… Another drooling booby on the dole… Another dirty, crazy, lonely soul. I am content to let them think lik… This disguise is wise. So says my…
Leopard Leopard come for me You’re the brightest thing I see Nothing fazes me at all Though it reaches from the wall My eyes are closed, I’m waiting h…
It seems I am a most unwelcome gu… I know that since I came you’ve b… Come, tell me what you do when hap… What music do you play, what drugs… Oh yes, I know, though you are se…
My bed is like a little brig; Nurse locks me in at night; Wraps me around in itchy wool And takes away the light. The night’s an inky scary blot
I have a little demon who goes in… And how he came to be so cruel is… He is wrinkled, blue and stinky fr… And I see him try to trip me, whe… The weirdest thing about him is th…
A predator in tie and tails The sea of matrimony sails But sails Alone. When asked where is your better ha…