NIGHT OF THE HUNTERS
Night hunters come
Not quite human, nor animal,
Something in between.
Sometimes they're screeching
Like some prehistoric bird,
Sometimes they gibber.
Sometimes they speak
In a language like Chinese,
But the words make no sense.
Night hunters use spears
But also have taloned paws,
Like an animal.
Their teeth protrude
Like upon a sabre-toothed cat,
And can chew through bones.
Gibbering as they near
The hunters are closing,
To make a fresh kill.
Businessmen return
From working overtime,
Unaware death lurks.
Ripping the men apart
Hunters eating bloody meat,
As they move on.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Night hunters come Not quite human, nor animal, Something in between.
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Written on June 03, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 03, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAX BXC XXX XXA XXX CBX XXX XXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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