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The Mist Hangs Low

The mist hangs low

The air falls damp

Around the lamp

On midnight street

Where tiptoe feet

And black cats go

 

The mist hangs low.

The shadows loom

As on the broom

Strange shapes appear

And disappear

And green eyes glow

 

The mist hangs low.

Fire sticks crackle

Voices cackle

As in the night

The bats take flight.

But never tell them what you know-

Don’t say a word

Of what you heard.

Catch your breath

-(or catch your death)

When the mist hangs low.

 

currently reading poems by Leah Bodine Drake.

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