Poltergeist, lyric Options

[Merlin]

Here's a shorty, note that the writer and narrator are not the same.



Poltergeist

When evening shadows grope
over the boxwood hedge,
screeches careen into my ears
here in this blue-lit room
where twilight shelters me
but still that poltergeist appears.

There’s nowhere left I can run
and nothing more for me to do.
What’s that? I hear footsteps. *
There’s nobody here!
No-one is near,
no dreaded incubus, **
no evil voodoo spell,
no booze to paralyze my fear.


* formerly 1 sentence with comma.
** originally phantom incubus,
leading to probable tautology, thx Jax

[jgdittier]

Dear Merlin and All,
As Merlin mentioned my name, I think it fair to expand on his comment that he and I have shared many thoughts in this poetic world.
Merlin is highly driven toward constant learning, constant improvement, growth.
I started off perfectly satisfied to write only ditties, light verse.
Merlin has been somewhat of a mentor to me and I sense to many on the internet who were serious about poetry.
Thus I'm happy to see him attend to the past when the present is lacking and hope others' comments may motivate his muse to return.
He is an asset at each site he posts.
Cheers, Ron jgdittier