Thursday, November 10, 2016

Afterwards

No one tells you what comes after
After the fire and the brimstone
After the diplomacy
After the dust settles at the end of day
Sometimes they tell you about a medal
And you sit
Trying to get the stains off
And
They won’t come off
They won’t come off
They won’t
They won’t


The Bilge Master

Thursday, November 3, 2016

The Haunted Road

If you happen to pass by the old road out of town
Which is said to be unsafe, but actually isn’t so
The urban legends they have constructed about the road
Began when a traveller journeyed on it to get back home
He drove steadily along the road
But
He saw trees walking beside his car
With faces in the knots of their trunks
He also saw them dancing animatedly
And he heard the wind cackling as it blew by
The old transmission towers decided to join the party
By sending off showers of sparks
That day was special
The thirty first of October to be precise
The trees and their companion ghosts and ghouls
And all things sinister
Wake and walk the earth all day
So began an urban legend
That lasts even today


The Bilge Master