Unasleep on the bed
your head thick with night
& the smell of darkness
Spider-webs fall
down & dust your face
The feel of darkness
brushes close
like a bat’s wing
flapping at your window
Locomotive cry & sirens
stab the air with fear
Hall light frames
the chamber door
& casts its Poe-esque gloom
across the victim rug
Unasleep on the bed
your head thick with night
you listen for
the sounds of darkness