Red Death



No antidote, no cure.
 Inhabitants at best,
 I will halt your future,
 For I am the Red Death!

 Keep your distance I say.
 One touch, one breath alone,
 Will send you to your grave,
 Disorder to which I'm prone.

 Small lacerations form.
 The surface starts to itch,
 No hindering this storm,
 No repairing this glitch.

 Lock your doors, turn the key.
 I'll feed the need to bleed,
 But you can't hide from me,
 Red Death of destiny!

-ANH-
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Submitted on September 08, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXXX XAXA BCBC DXDD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 422
Words 78
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Ashley Hutcherson

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