Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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All I have to say about what appears below is that I have disturbing thoughts sometimes. This is true for us all, I think, but unfortunately for all of you, I am given to voicing (or posting, as the case may be) those thoughts.

There is an old fairy-story beast
One Tolkien doesn't talk about
Called the banshee
Bean sidhe
Wailing Woman
La Llorona
And many other names.
The details of the stories vary.
There is a common thread.
The screeching call
Summons the souls of the living
To join the dance of the dead.
I have heard that plaintive wailing
In the sibilant scream
Of subway car wheels
Braking
On the rails.
Not long ago
I caught myself
And now I have to wonder
Am I going to end up responding to that call?

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