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The Bogey Man |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia 
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Little children come out to play I wait in the dark Upon your innocence I always prey For I am a shark Little children softly scream You'll waken the dead For I am coming to haunt your dream While you're in your bed Little children leave your beds I wait in the dark I'll rip out your eyes and cut off your heads I think it's a lark Little children cower in fear I like it like that I'll shred your voices, make nightmares appear On your blood grow fat Little children come out with me I wait in the dark Leave behind your life go away free My truth is so stark. |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
Yes. I like this a lot. Sadly there is that mean bogey man out there all the time. How bizarre that Freud was convinced the fear of losing ones sight was really fear of being castrated ... But I digress! Great work!  Lotharingia "Dreams are life, reality, creation" Miguel de Unanumo |
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poutprincess Senior Member
since 2000-07-06
Posts 735Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
*pulling covers over my head* this is great.....dark...scary...but very well done! |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
To Lotharingia- I agree with Freud on that point. I also believe that those who prey on children are already impotent, which sort of makes them castrated. To Poutprincess - Thank you for your reaction it was one I was hoping for. Be well Kethry "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- Cole |
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Deborah1 Senior Member
since 2000-06-22
Posts 653New Hampshire |
Kethry, this was really gooooood!!!! I am getting out the monster spray!! Spooky..but an excellent piece!! You wrote this very well!!! The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose...--Hada Bejar |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Thanks Deborah1, It was meant to be spooky. Sort of sibilant but dangerous Be well Kethry "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- Cole |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Kethry,...my goodness,...what are you trying to do to me??? Hehee. Leaving the lights on,...not going to the basement alone,...and NEVER walking again at night. Eeeek! Super. Fun. Scary. You got me.  . Take care. *Peace.*Of course I DO have my fire spitting that will serve as a weapon shall you come by my place anytime. Waahaahhaa. Watch out you monster. (kidding). *Peace? |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
OK, thats 3 in a row here that have been real scary. Is this a new trend? I always like the way you write, K, it flows so nicely, and this is a true enough message, even though we wish it was not so.cat.... Practice can make anything perfect...even grief can become an art. Merrit Malloy |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Thanks Fire if it scared you a little bit or made you think. It's served it's purpose. Thanks Cat but if I read more than one poem with the same theme I blame the muse. Be well Kethry "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- Cole |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
Hey Kethry, I'm a bit confused. I was referring to your line: "I'll rip out your eyes" Freud said that if you are afraid of losing your sight (which I'm sure most of us are), it means you are afraid of being castrated. I suppose a voyeur could have such a (linked) fear (no sight = no joy, and also as a result of guilt), but surely for a "normal" person losing ones sight is as bad or even worse than castration, and the two have no obvious relation. I'm terribly sorry to babble on again. Please forgive me! < !signature--> Lotharingia "Dreams are life, reality, creation" Miguel de Unanumo [This message has been edited by lotharingia (edited 08-09-2000).] |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Ok let's end the confusion if we can. I understood what you were saying about fear, but my febrile mind took it one step further.I was thinking of a predator who can see nothing but his/her own needs when I wrote the poem and is therefore impotent to reach out to other's. The next step was to link impotency with castration which is something I wish all predators could undergo. You got the message but not the thought process sorry. Kethry "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- Cole |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
Aha! The penny has dropped! Your wish is mine! Lotharingia "Dreams are life, reality, creation" Miguel de Unanumo |
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kynder Senior Member
since 2000-04-11
Posts 537Tallahassee, Florida |
uhhhhh kethry, i don't think just little kids would be scared of this guy!!! excellent work!!!! kynder Sunshine can not bleach The snow, Nor time unmake what Poets know. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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