Dinner Date
by P.J.Reed
Silently he stalked,
Where the nameless walked
Patrolling midnights beat
With heavy, dragging feet.
Creature of shadowland
Lawman, with gun in hand.
Fog smothers everywhere
Shrouding the killing lair.
Evil prowls the dead street;
Echoes of muffled feet,
Silently, people past,
Dripping hearts, racing fast.
Poster on shop window peers,
As photo fit face leers.
Front pages scream in fear.
Midnight ripper, comes here.
Beware this savage beast,
Beware his human feast.
Woman caught, out alone.
Whispers to her cell phone.
Grey form on poster glares,
Transfixed, she stops and stares.
Shadow flits across her face,
Warm heart begins to race….
Scents of fear, fill the street,
Sweat trickles in the heat,
A scream, a trip, fall…
Bold lawman, answers call,
Gently, he takes her arm,
“I’ll keep you safe from harm.”
She flicks strawberry hair,
Relieved to be in his care.
Lawman guides her through town,
Tense face looks up and down,
“You look tasty, my dear…”
Blue eyes widen with fear.
He smiled.
She froze.
Copyright ©: P.J.Reed
End of the poem
15 random poems
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- Алексей Жемчужников – Прелюдия к прощальным песням
- Robert Burns: Written By Somebody On The Window Of an Inn at Stirling, on seeing the Royal Palace in ruin.: Of an Inn at Stirling, on seeing the Royal Palace in ruin.
- The Day Is Gone, And All Its Sweets Are Gone poem – John Keats poems
- Bang-Bang by Mikey D Wentworth
- Ulster by Rudyard Kipling
- The Bachelor by William Barnes
- sadness from the night by Raj Arumugam
- Олег Григорьев – На собрании
- A Postcard From The Volcano by Wallace Stevens
- Dusk In June by Sara Teasdale
- Evening wind by Yosa Buson
- Николай Заболоцкий – Слепой
- The Apparitions by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Высоцкий – Памятник
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
