As Tom lay sleeping in his bed
A lady came and crushed his head
With talons sharp and molars red
And sucked his brains ’til he was dead
Do you know, I haven’t the faintest idea where that came
from. I think I might have discovered a new tenant lurking in my box of personalities,
finally creeping out from under that damp corner where the stain is, the one that
might be ketchup, or it might be cranberry juice, or it might be blood; the
corner that has a squidgy, smelly, mildewed piece of festering cardboard behind
it.
Then again, it might have been inspired by the white something-or-other
that I thought I saw disappearing under my bed when I went into the bedroom
earlier
… or the little bright lights in the hedgerow that I see out
of the corner of my eye, only to find them gone when I look directly
… or it might be Mad Mrs Rochester’s legacy, bless her loony
latin locks
… or I might just be bored
Whatever. Rejection beckons, so why worry?
2 comments:
How grisly, Jeff! Perhaps it's from reading "Dracula" that the new archetype or "tenant" is now in your head. Do you ever compose happy ditties? Or are you just drawn to the quirky and macabre?
I did write a few happy ditties, Wendy. Here's two:
http://jjbeazley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/fatigue-symptoms.html
http://jjbeazley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/jackdaw-and-earthworm.html
Maybe there will be more to be written once I can get out of this stress groove.
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