Phantasm.
Shadow Creation,
misting down
attic stairs.
Cold “haint” fills my nightmare times,
takes leave with my soul.
Be gone, you!
“Undigested beef!
Underdone…
potato!
More of gravy than the grave…!”
I refuse your haunt!
Late night sweats.
Down dark alleyways
being chased.
“Have mercy
upon my tortured spirit!”
I cry in the night.
Posted to dVerse Poets Pub for Meeting the Bar.
Very cool! Or hot. Or, well, indigestion inspired nightmarishly great!
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I love your nightmares caused by all the wonderful food you ate earlier. It will do it every time. The gravy line was great!
Dwight
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Thank you, but another, far more gifted author named Charles must take the credit. Hence the quotations. I’m glad you enjoyed it, though!
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LOL It still works for me either way!!
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Then I’m glad!
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I enjoyed your tour of the digestive system 😌
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Oh no! The underdone potato has gotten the best of your tortured spirit, in the end. To be ill and hallucinating can be a horrifying state. What is the Harper Lee reference?
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“aren’t you scared of haints?” Jem’s words to Dill.
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And the English teacher for the win:)
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Yeah!!!!
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We English teachers are a force to be reckoned with! 🙂
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Also, one frightened dude named Ebenezer tries to reason away a ghost on Christmas Eve by suggesting indigestion. LOVE the allusions to both pieces of lit here, Charley! (See my above response to Amaya re the other)
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Sounds nasty! LOL
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Thank you!
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Clever bugger you 😉
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Thank you! 🙂
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Ha… I know the feeling… (especially after eating too much curry)
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I didn’t know there was such a thing as too much curry. 🙂
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Nice phrase: “More of gravy than the grave”
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Thank you, Frank. It’s from A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer trying to dismiss Marley’s Ghost.
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love the word “haint”. Tums – it will change this particular nightmare away 🙂
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Thank you! I borrowed it from Harper Lee. I probably should have quotations around it. I’m glad you enjoyed my offering. The food references have been causing me the Dickens!
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