Recovering Four Missed Days of The Thinning of The Veil

24th- Day 5 – Come Hell or High Water
25th- Day 6 – A Grave Concern
26th- Day 7 – Preternatural Pastimes
27th- Day 8 – As If By Magic

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The drunkard who sunk into timely sleep
to blend into the forest-floor debris
awoke to the sound of a tic, tic, tic
too close to his confounded cranium

His eyes twitched with every spasmodic tic
and the air grew stiff, ‘till it seemed to heave,
whereupon he felt a subtle tremble
like the wings of a thousand moths flapping

It was something alright, of grave concern
but it was not of moths’ wings vibrating
but a flowering weed with gnarly roots
entangled all over his clay chassis

Go away, mad whirl, the world heard him say
come hell or high water, I’ll untangle —
the dross of you, the stink of you, the nerve
of you — your malarky is moldering!

To forget a man and hold a man down
to drown in your putrid portals of dust
is the lowest of low — stop you foolin’
spare me your preternatural pastimes

And the fairies who frequented ‘the hill’
heard his grave moans and, as if by magic
uprooted the tree and wheeled him around
and patched up, sent him back to his mother

Magic 🪄
Ok, this one is scary.

Written for Sammi’s 13 Days of Samhain prompts for The Thinning of The Veil.
I missed four days of the 13-day prompts and worked some magic to get this one ready and get to you without delay. I hope you like it. Thanks, Sammi.

And thanks to all for reading my scary offering.
Happy Samhain to all.

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sammicoxwriter October 28, 2022 Reply

You’ve wonderfully woven together these four prompts, Selma! This dark poem oozes eeriness but I love how he is rescued by fairies at the end. Fantastic! 🙂
1. Selma Martin October 28, 2022 Reply
  
  Hehe. Yes, where there’s magic there are fairies 🧚🏽‍♂️ 👏
dorahak October 28, 2022 Reply

A fantastic tale, Selma. Good thing those fairies were around!
1. Selma Martin October 28, 2022 Reply
  
  I think so too. Where there’s magic there aught be fairies. 😊
Sadje October 28, 2022 Reply

Oh so nicely done Selma
1. Selma Martin October 28, 2022 Reply
  
  Thanks, sweet lady. Blessings.
  1. Sadje October 28, 2022 Reply
    
    You’re most welcome