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Scratching

Endless scratching

Soft from the top of the stairs

Standing

On the landing

In the house where evil fares

Staring

Even daring

A carving of a devil's head

While the scratching

Constant scratching

In my heartbeat heightened hearing

Could wake the long since dead



What steady hand

Or maddened man

Could scratch so drastically?

So quietly and constantly

So carefully methodically?

With no listener to care?



The devil taunting

Curled lips wanting

Watching eyes with cobweb haunting

Yet I stand unmoveable

Dependable, unchangeable

Rhythmic scratching unstoppable

The devil smiles my second step

As I'm compelled to climb the stair