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in the shadows darkness hides all but the stars and me the silence is lush a velvet carpet choosing me and hiding me beneath its bent shoulders enveloped in Its supple fingers a soft breeze nibbles the nape of my neck then travels nuzzling shivers down my spine I'm up a tree cat-like and kneading my claws feeling the last crush of Indian Summer's last heat balanced on leafless branches swaying to the wailing whine of the rising wind I test the night with my flaring nostrils and the flick of a tongue smiling and satisfied within I've a toothy grin and an appetite for someone glowing my amber eyes shine on their own paired with the slash of my gorgeous red grin a quick lick of my limber tongue removes the smudge of my last meal arching my back rising and finding the dipper and the Hunter's star leaping into the cool void my nostrils flare lifting up the warm pulsing smell of warmed blood some mortals shift restlessly with the dust some mortals sleep as if entombedI I impale with a thrust of my kiss and stare into the weightlessness of their failing eyes giving up their last heaving breath I pull the final thread my approach is simple: I practice no clever lines nor have regrets I catch them as they dream me I claim the nightmare which is their death. legal copyright for this poem 7:15PM PST 6/9/2021 time and date stamped and also for this Poet Melissa A. Howells and also for this LEGALLY COPYRIGHTED SITE TITLE MELOO STRAIGHT FROM HER TILT-A-WORLD *** re-edited mispellings and for clarity and precision of image June 11, 2021 2:47 AM PST time and date stamped. Vote for this poem |
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