OUT OF THE SHADOWS

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Out of the dark shadows
Steps impending death,
Foul abominations which
Can steal away your breath.

Out in the darkened night
Evil creatures slowly roam,
Hoping to catch the unwary
Far away from their safe home.

Neanderthal-like ape-men
Lurching through the village,
Hoping very soon to plunder
To rape, to maim, to pillage.

Quickly scaling to the rooftop
They enter a sleeping house,
Then despite their giant size
Creep around quietly as a mouse.

Ripping open bedroom doors
They rape all the sleeping women,
Killing children and animals
Eviscerating all of the men.

Then back out into the night
To storm around the streets,
Hunting, stalking, killing
Every living thing they meet.

Then as Darkfall does retreat
They slink away yet again,
To hide in caves outside the town
They use as their private den.

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

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Out of the dark shadows Steps impending death,

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Written on September 06, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAXA BCXC DXXX XEXE XXXD BXXF FDXD XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 844
Words 145
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

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