THE SOUL-EATER (I)
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
A mysterious predator --
Like a nightmare from a madman’s hell --
Clawing the soul from the flesh,
Greedily imbibing this rare delicacy
Before devouring the flesh and bones.
Veils ripped, realities intersecting
The soul-eater breaking through,
From some Lovecraftean reality
Where blasphemous entities dwell,
Gibbering like raving lunatics.
Bat-winged and scaly
Like some prehistoric monster,
A fiendish thing swooping down
From within its victim’s nightmares,
Devouring their inner essence.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on May 28, 2021
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXCX XXCBX BAXXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 550 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 3 |
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