September 14, 2022

She Covers Herself by Stephen Jarrell Williams

She covers herself in baggy clothes
floppy hat down over her eyes

sometimes seen in the daylight heat
but usually she stalks at night

the homeless have nightmares of her
waking them in the silence of dark

whispering into their ear
up against them like a smooth snake

they can't resist her
as she stands up in the shadows

stripping her old clothes and hat off
silencing all sounds

she is not a witch
her beauty unbelievable

her swaying dance unstoppable
they lose consciousness in her trance

awakening the next morning
to find they are already decaying

she is not a vampire
blood is not her drink

she infects their flesh and spirit
with all the wrongs of this world.




Stephen Jarrell Williams loves to stay up all night and write with lightning bolts until they fizzle down behind the dark horizon.  He can be found on Twitter @papapoet.

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