DARK CORNER


A RUSTY DOOR CREAKS OPEN
AS THE UNSUSPECTING VISITOR RACKED WITH CHILLED FEAR
SHITS THEIR PANTS

DOWN THE DISTANT HALLWAY
A BROKEN TOOTHED GRINNING HUNCHBACK BECKONS
WITH GNARLED FINGERS AND WELCOMES YOU
INTO CASTLE DEMENTIA

ONE STEP FORWARD
AND ITS TOO LATE TO TURN BACK

A CACKLING CRONE
HIDING BEHIND A RAGGED CURTAIN
DARTS BEHIND YOU AND SLAMS THE DOOR SHUT

TRAPPED IN A DARK REALM OF UNKNOWN FRIGHT
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CONTINUE
AND HOPE ONLY TO SURVIVE THE JOURNEY

NIGHT WOLVES HOWL

BAT WINGS FLUTTER

SHADOWS DANCE TO SICK ECHOES
OF MAD GIGGLING

PROCEED NOW DOWN THE DINGY BLEAK CORRIDORS
OF THE TWISTED MIND OF

DB/REXX

BUT FIRST
CHANGE YOUR SHORTS


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HELL HOUNDS
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THE HOUNDS OF HELL KNOW WELL THE SMELL
AND ARE HUNGRY ON THE PATH

SHRIEKS IN THE DISTANCE PROVE THE HAVE BEEN THERE

THE BLOODY REMAINS OF DISEMBOWLED TORTURED WRETCHES
LAY SCATTERED AND FESTERING IN HEAPS OF LINGERING AGONY

WITH FETID BREATH THEY PANT
TO GREEDILY POSSESS AND UNDO BONE FROM SINEW
AND FLESH FROM ITS LIFE GIVING SOURCE

WAILS AND MOANS MAY WELL YET PEIRCE THE MISTY NIGHT
EVEN MORE WHEN TEETH SHARPENED ON BONE
SINK INTO SOFT WARM TISSUE

GOTHIC WOODS CANNOT HIDE ONE
FROM THE CREATURES TURNED FROM HUMAN
INTO THE FOUR LEGGED MONSTERS THEY HAVE BECOME

BREATLESS FEAR AND BURSTING LUNGS
AND VEINS FILLED WITH ACID OF A PANIC FLIGHT
INTO THE FULL MOONS GLOW
ONLY LEAVE A TRAIL FOR THEM TO FOLLOW

THE HORROR WILL ONLY CEASE
WHEN GORE RUNS ITS FULL COURSE
AND THE UNSATED APPETITES
OF AN UNHOLY THING DEVOURS ITS VICTIM

AND THE HOWLS OF ITS TRIUMPH ECHO
LIKE THE SOULS OF THE DAMNED THEY ARE
IN AN UNENDING SAVAGE CORNER OF DISPAIR

THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT

WHAT SWEET MUSIC THEY MAKE

DAVID BERGMAN

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
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BLOOD DROPS FROM NOSES AND TORTURING KITTENS
GROANS SCREAMS AND MOANS AND THUMB SCREWS TIGHT FITTIN'
WILD BEASTS THAT TEAR AT A CARCASS ALL NIGHT
AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WILL GAURANTEE FRIGHT


WHEN THE RAT BITES
WHEN THE BEE STINGS
WHEN THE ZOMBIES CRY
I SIMPLY REMEMBER MY FAVORITE THINGS
AND WATCH ALL THE GHOULS GO BY

AND OH YEAH

BLOODY SKELETON FINGERS
PLAYING THE DUSTY OLD PIANO
AT MIDNIGHT
WHILE THE NAKED VIRGIN
IS CHAINED IN THE DUNGEON

DAVID BERGMAN

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DARK NIGHT
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THE NIGHT IS DARK BUT THE BLOOD FLOWS RED
WAILS PIERCING STARK FROM A SEVERED HEAD
ABOVE RAVENS FLUTTER WHISPER NEVERMORE
WHILE LIFES BLOOD DRIPS AND STAINS THE FLOOR
THE PATTERN IN CRIMSON MARKS A NAME SO PLAIN
OF THE KILLER IN A POOL FROM AN EMPTY VEIN
THE CURSE WILL FOLLOW NOT TO BE DENIED
FROM THE ONE UNDONE WHO WAS KISSED AND DIED

DAVID BERGMAN






SHE'LL SCRATCH AND SNIFF
UNTIL YOU'RE STIFF
AND SHE'LL BITE YOUR NECK
AND DRAW OUT BLOOD JUST LIKE A FLOOD
AND WHISPER WHAT THE HECK




NIGHT BEAUTY
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THE NIGHT HAS BEAUTY OF ITS OWN
BEYOND WHAT THE RAYS OF DAYLIGHTS SHOWN
SHADOWS CREEPING ON THE WALLS
AND ON THE GROUND HAS CAST DOWN TALL
SILENCE OF THE MOONLIGHT GLOW
GOTHIC MOOD A SIGHT OF WOE
YET FOREBODING DOES ENTICE
SECRET CHAMBERS OF HE NIGHT
ENTER IN AND PONDER SLOW
RECOGNIZE WHAT POE DID KNOW

DAVID BERGMAN




FRIDAY 13TH
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FRIDAY THE 13TH COMES EVERY YEAR
A SPOOKY DAY FILLED WITH FEAR
BUT IF YOU'RE COOL YOU'LL LET IT SLIDE
CON'T BE A FOOL AND RUN AND HIDE

DAVID BERGMAN









ON YOUR PAGE
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WHEN I'M ON YOUR PAGE
THERE'S NO FITS OF RAGE
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES
YOU CALM MY SOUL FROM THE SPELL OF OLD
NO HOWLS
NO SCREAMS
NO CRIES