THE DEVIL'S TOWN



Just outside of the Devil's town
Death Riders chase down the living,
Punishing them for the tiniest breach
Because the Devil is so unforgiving.

Within the town foul creatures stalk
Lusting after human meat,
Predators, harvesters, and iron-men
All living there on lonely street.

Imps, and elves, and goblins too
Stalk throughout the Devil's town,
Hoping to catch lone human beings
Hoping soon to drag them down.

People who have failed at life
All join in the Devil's parade,
Losers from the human race
Now living in the eternal shade.

Bright sunlight never shines down hear
Since it is the Devil's own town,
Only moonlight or twilight show
For those who are Hades-bound.

Within the streets of the town
Prehistoric atrocities feast,
After hunting down living prey
Now devouring bloody human meat.

At the very end of their lives
People are sent to the Devil's Town,
It's not a place you can ever come up from
It's a place to which you only go down.

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

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Just outside of the Devil's town Death Riders chase down the living,

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Written on August 06, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on November 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABXB XCXC XAXA XDXD XAXX AXXC XAXA XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 987
Words 175
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

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