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It

There was a time before I knew of it Or at least I think there must have been I can't remember not having seen those blazing eyes

But no one is born knowing it

So there must have been a period where my mind was blank of all those pictures

The ones where its embers grow into a cacophony of flame 

The snap shots of blurry shadows with the suggestion of something more lurking in their murky depths

Just out of frame

Waiting for the moment when it catches your eye

And you see it full on

Locking your gaze and you can't look away for now it's seen you

And if you break your stare

You'll shatter

You can't see anything else now

You can't feel anything else now

You remember snippets of its form

All Smokey tendrils and unremarkable features

But its eyes

Dear Lord its eyes

You remember them

You'll never forget them

You feel them following you even now

Every move you make those horrid pits of decaying coals are watching

Looking at your life hungrily  

Wondering what bits and pieces you won’t notice are gone right away

So that it can reach out its ashen fingers

And gobble up another slice 

Until one day 

It swallows you

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There’s a Fox About Tonight

There’s a fox about tonight

I can hear his rough voice screaming

I’m afraid of what he’ll say to me

Should his bark-song pick up words

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There’s a fox about tonight

I do believe he’s getting closer

Rustlings in the bramble bushes

Announce his soft approach

There’s a fox about tonight

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A slight whimper soon escapes me

As I hear him tap tap tapping

On my back porch wooden door 

There’s a fox about tonight

I know it now for certain

For he, the beast, stands just before me

Staring blankly at my soul

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There’s a fox about tonight

And I am out here with him

Prowling, sneaking, skulking, stealing

And crying at the quaking moon