ESCAPE

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ESCAPE

Run to the exit.

Escape this farce.

Ignore the grinning faces,

the clinging arms.

Breathe the fresh air.

Let no one stop you.

RUN LIKE THE WIND

Do not come near.
I see it here.
The evil comes to town.
Don’t wear a big frown.

You must leave right away.
The Dead have come to stay.
No one will be left alive.
A death for those who arrive.

Blood will rule the day.
Leave, you cannot stay.
In a town slated for death,
Do not stop and take a breath.

Run now like the wind to safety.
Make sure your retreat is hasty.
I have come to warn you.
They are coming for you.

THE DEAD GAME
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THE LAST ONE

I search the night.

A lovely sight.

My wings are spread.

Don’t go to bed.

I see you scurry.

Don’t need to worry.

My talons reach for thee.

In the sky, you’ll soon be.

We’ll soar to my nest.

I will love you best.

I will be the last one you’ll see

before your eyes close for me.

THE VICTIM

I step from the restaurant

into a dark alley.

My footsteps click on the cobblestones.

Footsteps echo behind me.

Lights glimmer ahead.

I hurry to the beacons.

Footsteps ring closer.

I run.

The footsteps follow.

People walk the avenue.

Stores twinkle their lights.

A voice calls, “Miss,

You forgot your charge card.”

I freeze and turn.

The waitress hands me the card.

I smile.

She disappears in the darkness.

I swallow.

Another night in the city.

THE NIGHTWALKER

I walk quickly this night

from those who lurk from sight.

The wind gives a whistle, a sigh,

as the strands of my hair lift high.

The moon hides its face.

I quicken my pace.

Shadows surround me.

Footsteps behind me.

Hands circle my neck.

Is that a love peck?

He takes my blood.

I fall in a red flood.

Will I belong to him?

He watches with a grin.

I’ve become a nightwalker,

a present from my stalker.

 
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THE DARK ALLEY

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I step from the restaurant

where there had been light.

Now there is only darkness,

and no stars in sight.

I hear footsteps in the distance.

Dark shadows move and sway.

Steps echo louder in the dark.

I bow my head and pray.

I run to the light.

Then I’m falling down.

My face to the ground.

My world, upside down.

I lift my head.

Black shoes before me.

The lights go out.

Darkness now claims me.

INNOCENCE

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INNOCENCE

Innocent.

Alone.

Happy.

Content.

Until…

Until the footsteps.

Drop those balloons

And run…

TRAPPED IN HELL

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Sascha Schneider (German, 1870–1927), Eichenwald auf Ruegen (Oak Forest on Ruegen Island), 1925

The forest grows dark.

It has come alive.

Wooden arms reach for me.

Roots uncurl from the ground.

Trees shake and dance

to the moans of the wind.

Dark shadows follow me.

Moonlight teases me.

I’m trapped in hell,

where the sun doesn’t shine.

THE DEAD GAME

OUTSIDE

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Please, I want to go outside.

No reason for me to hide.

The winds bring rain,

but they are tame.

I won’t fall or melt

if hail was to pelt.

I’ll be forever in your debt

if you allow me to get wet.

I’m pulling on my chain.

You don’t need half a brain

to know I’m ready to go free.

See what a great pet I can be.

IT’S ALIVE

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Puppet Master 2 (1991)

What do I see 

as I wake from sleep?

A puppet watching me.

It creaks.

It groans.

Its head spins.

It can’t be real.

It’s a wooden puppet.

No one pulls its strings.

It speaks

in a deep voice.

It can’t be alive.

It says,

“Time to play.”

I run to the door.

It can’t be.

It stands before me,

taller than me.

It can’t be.

But it is.

It’s alive.

RUN AWAY WITH ME

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Run away with me 

Come run away with me,

Down the stairs to the sea.

We’ll take a fast ship.

Champagne we will sip.

Leave our troubles behind.

New ones we’re sure to find.

We’ll be together forever.

To me, you will always tether.

Rocky waves are waiting ahead.

But with me, you will make your bed.