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Challenge of the Month XIV: May
Spirit World. Some call them ghosts, or angels, or guides. The Japanese call it Shinto. Cultures around the world call it Shamanism. Many call them the schizophrenic ravings of lunacy. Whatever you call it, or them, write about the unseen world of spirits. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
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Mazzmyrrheyes
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Cobwebs Swept from Slumber

Musty attics, joist and beams

Cedar chests of midnight screams

Paralyzing, sleepless dreams

Stitched to sheets with iron seams

Vacant eyes peer paper-thin

Feathered bristles goosebump skin Footsteps float on hollow winds

As chalk-white walls seep scarlet sins

Whispers breathe in notes and verse

Stalks of incense swallow mirth

Iv’ry keys, off pitch, rehearse

Wool of steel picks wounds Eve’ births

Morning wakes, your mind discerns

The dust and ash of earth and urn

Eyes ablaze, love’s spirit burns

Death’s image as your soul returns

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