Terrible Company
Silent films play on the ceiling
with a secret traffic soundtrack
well past midnight.
The walls -closing
in - embody and distort
city lights
and fleeting shadows
of Satans and scarecrow
silhouettes that never sleep.
Doppler waves and screaming sirens
can't mask
the footfalls
skulking through the wet
grass
outside
the window -
a paranoid witch symphony
counterpointed
by bat swoop gusts of icy wind
and other sounds
that betray
the presence of wolves,
shadow junkies,
and terrible agents
of deepest night.
with a secret traffic soundtrack
well past midnight.
The walls -closing
in - embody and distort
city lights
and fleeting shadows
of Satans and scarecrow
silhouettes that never sleep.
Doppler waves and screaming sirens
can't mask
the footfalls
skulking through the wet
grass
outside
the window -
a paranoid witch symphony
counterpointed
by bat swoop gusts of icy wind
and other sounds
that betray
the presence of wolves,
shadow junkies,
and terrible agents
of deepest night.