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Sleeping Dogs - a repartee with "Fear" I remember distinctly; we met in that moment between life and death when beginning comes upon end there you stood in the silence of steel gatherer of mortal souls a dybbuk that dwells in boundless black keen to cast his darkling glance on my consequent conquest golden apple in-hand, you swank your compendium of ill-starred prey before me victims of forgotten battles lost in utter and complete balagan no virgins rove these hellish halls with enigmatic ease and unfathomable familiarity you mouth my name primed to impose draconian measures to castigate my composure I recognize my face in yours in sinister symbiosis a twofold dualism that forms the “one†yet, to utter your name aloud sends bristles along my backbone Imagine my quandary... I am inundated by rampant rumination Should I scurry away a meek, mild-mannered mouse to shrivel into shadows and shrink in shame? (as your bazaar benevolence does me no good deeds) ~ debt lies in every favor ~ or should I cede myself to sinful sequitur only to disappear beneath a psychotic smile a maniacal demoniac, an omnipotent steadfast similitude resigned to solicit my own sanction? after all, what does Fear itself fear? you exist only to be conquered a chaotic conundrum, indeed never mind... ~ |
Additional Notes:
Revision of an earlier work.
This Poem was Critiqued By: Claire H. Currier On Date: 2008-03-06 19:10:26
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.61111
Facing our own fears is what stands out to me in this read Mary and one that you have penned quite well. Certain to make the list of winners along with a few others you have presented this month. Always look forward to your work. Good luck and God Bless, Claire