A CULT OF TERROR



A cult on terror holds
An entire village enthralled,
Upon the night of the full moon
Foul creatures are being called.

Around a blood-stained altar
Dark hooded creatures prance,
Calling up Satan's evil hordes
Through song and magic dance.

A fallen priest presides over
A frantic sexual ritual,
Throughout the torrid night
Calling up fiends from Hell.

Werewolfs baying at the moon
As it shines down with its light,
Upon the thrashing human beings
Copulating through the night.

Coyotes, bears, and wendigos
Advance to the fevered beat,
Prostrating before the fallen priest
To lick his blood-stained feet.

A cult on terror enacts
All kinds of evil rites,
Sexual and human sacrifices
Performed by dead of night.

The townsfolk hide indoors
Until the new day breaks,
Sleeping through the terror fest
Waiting for day, before they wake.

A cult of terror is ruling
The night with dances and songs,
Calling up horrid creatures
With their sexual going on.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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A cult on terror holds An entire village enthralled, Upon the night of the full moon Foul creatures are being called.

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Written on August 01, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 05, 2021

Modified on April 06, 2023

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Scheme ABCB DEXE DXFX CFXF AGXG XXXF XXXX XXXX XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 981
Words 167
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

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