Black Poetry : Something whooshed....

Harry Hyman

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Something whooshed...

On a planet, in a country, in a state, in a town,
on a street where a lampost shines
and the houses, very warm, quiet dreamers in their sleep
like a hush after church bell chimes.

Something whooshed...on the wind in the distance.
Something galloped in the lime moonlight
-and its wings cut the air
-into slices of Fear
which it tossed in the night with delight.

And I shivered with a tremble and began to disassemble
with the fright now fused to my bones.
-Slices landed on the rooftops,
-slid across the treetops
and fell down to cartop domes.

Out my bed, 'cross the floor, thru a window did I spy
down the street from that lamp lurking light,
came an eerie fog creeping, 'cross the land was it seeping,
into beds and blankets and the sleepers of the night.

Then the church bell rang! Clang! Clang!
The church bell rang! Clang! Clang!

In its cloud came the hoofbeats thumping like heartbeats
pulsing to a blood-beat time,
-as the whoosh of its wing flaps
-turned cold my blood saps
freezing in the vessels of my mind.

Fog seeped at a fast creep crossing onto my street's
curb over lawn, more and more
-while sliding past the fireplace,
-creeping up the staircase,
thumping down the hall to my door.

Some human headed hoofed thing, half bull-half wing,
eyes froze in fire-wreathed flames,
-just reached out from the mist,
-grabbed me by my arm and wrist
and pulled me, screaming, in the fog in pain.

I jolted from this nightmare, awake and free of frightmares,
gasping for some air or wake-up push.
-Ran to my window just to breathe.
-The night air filled my lungs with ease
when eyes and head turned left.....……..and Something whooshed

Namyh
 
wow

so descriptive

man felt like i was there

the amazing thing that this all probably took place within 1.5 seconds

broken down into infinity you know where time almost stands still

when eyes and head turned left.....……..and Something whooshed

then when i read your last line

it made it even more clear to me

peace
 

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