“Descent Into Madness” by: Rob Kistner
D arkness traps
my drumthrummed head
in this black nocturnal nest
this perversely born fantazury
midnight’s mad menagerie’s
zoomzooming in
this blueblack world
disgusting curiosities
bruteflung to hideousity
perverted serendipity
swarms in crazed horrorifity
mind ghouls shake
and shiver me
oh gentle morne
deliver me
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rob kistner © 2023
Poetry at: dVerse
Ready to break a cold sweat!
A little james brown… “Cold Sweat” 🙂
https://youtu.be/tvltTXEg5kI
Nightmares will keep you sweating and screaming! Great use of the prompt.
Thank you Dwight… 🙂
Ooooh. How wonderfully dark this is.
“drumthrummed head” is just a fantastic phrase.
Thank you De… 🙂 I had that head a few times, when those little demons get in — not fun!
You rocked the prompt! Kudos!
Thank you Jay… 🙂
You captured the essence of nightmare in only 44 words, Rob, and had my head drumthrumming too – great word! My favourite lines are this couplet:
‘perverted serendipity
swarms in crazed horrorifity’.
Thank you Kim… 🙂
Zooma-ring-a-ding-ding!
Gotta watch out for that nocturnal nest dude… 😉
Oh dawn, deliver me from darkness
My daily morning prayer Björn… 🙂
“oh gentle morne
deliver me”
Indeed!
The quick sharp rhymes add tension to this. Well done!
🙂
“oh gentle morne
deliver me”
Deliver me indeed!
The quick sharp rhymes add tension to this nightmare. Well done!
Thank you for the kind words Raivenne… 🙂