Challenge
Spooky Scary Poems
In honor of Halloween, write a spooky poem! It can be as dark or as lighthearted as you like; use your imagination!
bloody attention span
but in the end, it was all for naught.
a bloodstain dripping off the clock
plinking between the floorboards
upon every tick and tock is just as
empty as the last time they fought.
screams of accusation leave many a
heart wrung out in cold weather.
something about a soul weighing
lighter than a feather
but heavier than the wrongs that
stained his sallow, cracking lips. stained
like tea over clay.
seeping brown dregs deep into cracks we've
seen, but decided to look away
even though we can smell the decay
how long until the clock is cleaned,
would you say?
an hour,
a minute,
a day?
how long until the blood is washed
from its perennial face?
and how long until we forget
there was ever a murder that took place?
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